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