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As gas prices in Connecticut hit $5 a gallon, Sen. Blumenthal targets oil companies' profits
Hartford Courant via Yahoo NewsGasoline prices in Connecticut continue to skyrocket, with the average cost in the state surging to $4.89 per gallon, up from $4.65 a week ago and $4.20 a month ago, according to AAA.
The statewide surge is in line with national and global trends.
No one has been spared from pain at the pump, including U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who said during a press conference Monday that he paid $4.83 per gallon in Hartford that morning and $5.07 per gallon in a different part of the state over the weekend.
“I’m angry,” he said, “just as every driver in the state is.”
Blumenthal, while standing across the street from a gas station in Hartford, noted gasoline prices have soared this year due to increased demand as the U.S. attempts to shake off the COVID-19 pandemic as well as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has upended global markets.
But Blumenthal also cited oil companies price gouging as another reason for high gasoline prices.
“The big oil companies are profiteering,” Blumenthal said. “They are making record profits causing consumers unprecedented pain.”
The statewide surge is in line with national and global trends.
No one has been spared from pain at the pump, including U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who said during a press conference Monday that he paid $4.83 per gallon in Hartford that morning and $5.07 per gallon in a different part of the state over the weekend.
“I’m angry,” he said, “just as every driver in the state is.”
Blumenthal, while standing across the street from a gas station in Hartford, noted gasoline prices have soared this year due to increased demand as the U.S. attempts to shake off the COVID-19 pandemic as well as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has upended global markets.
But Blumenthal also cited oil companies price gouging as another reason for high gasoline prices.
“The big oil companies are profiteering,” Blumenthal said. “They are making record profits causing consumers unprecedented pain.”
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But what can you do… 
Joe Biden isn’t expanding oil and gas drilling but Dems can lose over gas prices and inflation. The alternative is a party that will expand drilling as much as they can when they have power.
