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Search results for "A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared"

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Jane Timken stated on April 13, 2022 in a campaign ad:
Joe Biden's spending “has sent prices skyrocketing."
By Jon Greenberg• April 20, 2022
Viral image stated on March 04, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Gas cost $9 a gallon in California in early March 2022.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 7, 2022
Tom Tiffany stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter:
Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer
By Laura Schulte• August 6, 2021
Facebook posts stated on March 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:
U.S. imports 1% of its oil from Russia while “Exxon, Chevron, BP and Shell profits are at their highest level in over 7 years.”
By Andy Nguyen• March 10, 2022
Barack Obama stated on December 26, 2007 in a speech in Iowa:
"Gas prices have never been higher, and Exxon Mobil's profits have never been higher."
By Asjylyn Loder• December 31, 2007
Rick Santorum stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.:
Florida's economy "became a bad economy ... because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008."
By Becky Bowers• January 24, 2012
Jeff Merkley stated on March 04, 2011 in a letter to President Barack Obama:
Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve would immediately lower gasoline prices
By Charles Pope• March 12, 2011
Scott Walker stated on May 16, 2016 in a radio interview:
Since 1978, college "tuition nationwide has gone up something like four times the rate of inflation."
By Sarah Hauer• June 9, 2016
Ron Johnson stated on September 26, 2022 in TV ad:
Says Mandela Barnes “supported a 20% increase in the gas tax.”
By Laura Schulte• October 6, 2022
Rick Scott stated on November 16, 2021 in a press release headline:
An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”
By Phil Galewitz• November 23, 2021
Brian Kemp stated on May 10, 2022 in an ad:
"David Perdue voted with liberals” for $10 trillion “in new debt, his out-of-control federal spending is driving inflation through the roof."
By Tom Kertscher• May 19, 2022
Erica Smith stated on December 30, 2021 in a tweet:
“Corporate profit margins are at their highest point in 70 years. … They’re overcharging us for gas, medicine, and groceries, and pocketing the difference.”
By Paul Specht• January 7, 2022
Mike Huckabee stated on April 02, 2012 in a robocall:
President Obama's refusal to grant permits for offshore drilling is one reason gasoline prices are soaring.
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 12, 2012
Debbie Dooley stated on March 31, 2015 in a Twitter post:
The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians.
By April Hunt• April 27, 2015
West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 17, 2023 in a post on X:
“Since Biden took office ... real wages have fallen monthly.”
By Jacquie Broush• October 12, 2023
Mike Gallagher stated on April 12, 2022 in News release:
“Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”
By Laura Schulte• April 22, 2022
Barack Obama stated on January 30, 2014 in a speech:
"Most folks’ wages haven’t gone up in over a decade."  
By Tom Kertscher• February 23, 2014
Abigail Spanberger stated on June 16, 2022 in an op-ed.:
“The four big meat packers are raking in record profits … ”
By Warren Fiske• June 30, 2022
Stephen Miller stated on March 13, 2022 in a Fox News show:
Vice President Kamala Harris "was asked about gasoline prices ... and she tried to defer to President Duda, the Polish president."
By Jeff Cercone• March 14, 2022
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:
“Groceries are down. Energy is way down. ... Was $4 and $5 for a gallon of gas.”
By Louis Jacobson• September 5, 2025

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