“The oil and gas industry could stick taxpayers with a massive bill of between $2.9 billion and $17.7 billion,” warned Public Citizen’s Alan Zibel. Fossil fuel industry-funded Republicans on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee voted Wednesday to advance Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bill that would saddle taxpayers with the massive cost of cleaning up oil and gas wells […]
“This is the right thing for President Biden to do,” said Rep. Ro Khanna. “It’s time to hold Big Oil accountable for high gas prices and put that money back in the pockets of Americans.” Following months of sustained pressure from progressive campaigners and members of Congress, President Joe Biden on Monday is reportedly planning to […]
“If you thought Republicans were done trying to repeal overwhelmingly popular healthcare policies that bring down costs—think again,” said Sen. Patty Murray. Democratic leaders on Friday blasted a new Republican bill that would roll back modest prescription drug pricing reforms that U.S. President Joe Biden recently signed into law. [pullquote]”Their new bill is a giveaway to […]
“Gas is over $5 a gallon. Why? Well, oil companies made $93 billion in profits in the first quarter and are spending $88 billion on stock buybacks.” Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday slammed oil companies for raking in huge profits on the backs of U.S. consumers and reiterated his case for a windfall tax, a demand […]