Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., are holding a press conference in Washington, DC, today “to showcase new automotive technologies that can help reduce our dependence on oil.”

Among the cars they are featuring are a Tesla Roadster that retails for $109,000, and the Tango which costs $108,000.

The median home price in Kentucky is about $111,000, yet the Senate Majority today is insinuating that one-hundred-thousand-dollar vehicles are a potential solution to our nation’s energy crisis. 

Senator Mitch McConnell believes that along with conservation and the development of new technologies, part of any serious long-term solution to our energy crisis must include increased domestic energy exploration and production.  The way to lower energy prices is to increase our supply of energy.  By opening areas to exploration and production that are currently off-limits including wilderness and off-shore areas, we can create American jobs and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

More than 10,000 people have signed a petition in support of Senator McConnell’s energy plan that has been blocked from passage by Senate Democrats.