U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., continued her efforts Wednesday to get relief to Kansas residents by suspending the federal gas tax.
CEOs of oil and gas companies testified before Congress Wednesday, answering allegations of price gouging.
Rep. Davids has urged President Biden and Congress to move forward on long-term energy and inflation solutions, including fixing the supply chains, making more products in America, and investing in a clean energy economy.
Davids has been focused on lowering costs for Kansans, including gas prices:
• She urged her colleagues to investigate potential price gouging by oil and gas companies, who have made record profits despite rising gas prices.
• She introduced legislation to suspend the federal gas tax through the end of the year, saving Kansans 18 cents per gallon at a time when gas prices are reaching new highs.
• After voting for bipartisan sanctions against Russian oil, she called on President Biden to take immediate action to protect American consumers from uncertainty and rising prices during these extraordinary circumstances, including by temporarily suspending the federal gas tax.
• Following Rep. Davids’ calls to take action on rising gas prices last fall, President Biden released 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. He has now authorized the largest release in history, providing a bridge to increased supply.
• Rep. Davids remains committed to long-term energy and inflation solutions, urging the president to protect Kansans from being used for leverage by dictators in the future by investing in renewable and alternative fuels—a position shared by former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus.
• She met with the president and New Democrat Coalition leaders last week to continue pushing for bipartisan legislation to fix the supply chains and make more goods in America, not China.
- Information from Rep. Davids’ office
So we gained an extra weeks worth of oil, that was last week ………….. It seems easy enough to ask Biden for oil – Bidens’ reply could go as “sure Ms. Davids, here you go, I like the job you and the governor are doing for us even though a gallon of gas is still going to be $4.00 per gallon. Oh, since you are who you are I’ll save you guys .25 per gallon to make our party affiliation look better with-in your state.” Now, just to play crying over spilled milk along with playing sour grapes again, I’m thinking what if Trump were to be still an acting president? Ms. Davids ask’s for a release of a weeks worth of oil from the reserve – his reply could of been no Sharice, we need you to dig, dig, dig so that we can ALL here in America have .99 per gallon gasoline. But I’ll say this for Ms. Davids – she doesn’t yet seem to be playing the part of a puppet under someone else’s string work. You {we} should hope it stays that way.