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In a town hall meeting that aired today, President Obama answered questions about his efforts to rebuild our economy and create greater stability at the pump. Check out a few clips from the event, or watch the full town hall meeting by clicking the link at the bottom.

Speaking from a hybrid vehicle company in Indiana, President Obama explains how investments in clean energy will lower gas prices and help create a more stable economy over the long run.

Last Friday – just a few hours after the U.S. Labor Department released its April jobs report showing the largest increase in private-sector job growth in five years – President Obama addressed roughly 750 workers at Allison Transmission Headquarters in Indianapolis. The President spoke about the need to combat the escalating cost of gas and used Allison as an example of the type of company that will develop new technologies, reduce our country’s dependence on oil, and create jobs.

At a time when the cost of gas is reaching all time highs and the oil industry is seeing record profits, President Obama renews his call to end the $4 billion-per-year tax breaks for oil and gas companies – and, instead, invest that money to create a more sustainable energy future.

There’s a trend emerging among oil and gas companies in 2011, and that trend is record profits. As American families struggle to fill their tanks and keep their budgets in the black, they shouldn’t also have to foot the bill for oil and gas companies reaping windfall profits in their own right – that’s why President Obama called on Congress to end those subsidies.

Speaker John Boehner has already said that ending this giveaway for the gas and oil industry is "certainly something we should be looking at." But we’re asking him to make that commitment in writing – will you help?