Markey Calls on President to Use Oil Reserve, Says Republican Stance on Energy 'Hypocritical' [VIDEO]

"While some of the Republican presidential candidates call for an attack on Iran, it is the American consumers who are currently under attack from OPEC, from the Saudis from Iran and from oil speculators" - Rep. Ed Markey

For the second time in 11 months, Rep. Ed Markey stood in front of the gas pumps at a Medford filling station and called on President Barack Obama to use the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat rising gas prices. "While some of the Republican presidential candidates call for an attack on Iran, it is the American consumers who are currently under attack from OPEC, from the Saudis from Iran and from oil speculators," Markey said before a gaggle of news cameras Wednesday afternoon. The sign behind him at Medford Gas on Main Street read $3.67 per gallon of unleaded gas, and prices are expected to climb as much as 20 cents per gallon in coming days. Markey blamed the rising prices on oil-rich nations and the oil industry. Iran won't …

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Reverend E. Raleigh Pimperton III

9:07 am on Saturday, February 25, 2012

Ed Markey is a living testament to term limits. He is a grandstander with a largely empty head. Too bad Massachusetts has to suffer with him. Reverend E. Raleigh Pimperton III   more ›

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VIDEO - Markey: Rising Oil Prices Could Send Country Back Into Recession

Markey challenges Obama to use strategic petroleum reserve.

Standing in front of the pumps at a Medford gas station Wednesday, Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., challenged President Barack Obama to deploy the federal strategic petroleum reserve to combat skyrocketing crude oil prices. "The president should begin now to deploy the strategic petroleum reserve," said Markey, who represents communities in the 7th District, including Lexington. "We have 730 million barrels of oil, if we are ever going to use it as a weapon to protect ourselves against Saudi Arabia, against Libya, against speculators, now is the time." Saudi Arabia has taken 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day off the global market, and Libya removed 1.2 million barrels, Markey said. Barrels of oil were trading for over $112 Wednesday on the…

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