Sen. James Inhofe accuses Obama of having Higher gas prices as “explicit policy goal”

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If President Obama has higher gas prices as a policy goal, he has certianly done a good job of implelementing it.

(CNSNews.com) — A prominent GOP senator on energy issues accused President Barack Obama Thursday morning of having set an “explicit policy goal” of making energy prices more costly for Americans.

“My message today is simply this: higher gas prices — indeed, higher prices for the energy we use — are an explicit policy goal of the Obama administration,” said Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. “Let me put it another way: the Obama administration is attacking affordable energy.”

Inhofe’s comments come as crude oil futures traded up on anxiety over unrest in the Middle East and broke the triple-digit mark in recent weeks. As of Thursday, light crude was trading at over $101 per barrel.