MAINE PUBLIC • November 2, 2022
During a press conference at the busy Dysart’s truck stop along I-95 in Hermon, Former Gov. Paul LePage said Gov. Janet Mills should be pushing harder for the Biden administration to release heating oil from a federal stockpile. The Republican, who is challenging Mills, also urged her to sign a waiver to allow the sale of heating oil with higher sulphur content and to work with other governors on solutions. Mills is already pursuing all of those avenues and others. Republican congressional candidate Bruce Poliquin, meanwhile, accused Biden of driving up oil and gasoline prices by blocking construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The former two-term congressman also sought to accuse his opponent, Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, of enabling higher energy prices.