Numerous Democrats who have helped the Biden administration restrict fossil fuel development and production are now concerned about high gas prices as the 2024 elections loom.
A group of 23 Senate Democrats - including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Massachusetts Sen. Liz Warren and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey - signed a Thursday letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland asking him to have the Department of Justice investigate major energy companies for allegedly colluding to raise gas prices for Americans and fatten their bottom lines.
Each Senator who signed the letter also voted for the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden's flagship climate bill, and have also supported many other facets of the Biden administration's efforts to move the U.S. away from fossil fuels.
Warren's voting record has earned her a 95% lifetime approval score from the League of Conservation Voters, one of the country's largest influential environmental groups that openly rejects fossil fuels, and a 100% score for 2023.
Gas prices are increasing as the pivotal 2024 elections approach on the calendar.
Democrats pushed similar messaging about major energy companies and collusion in 2022, when gas prices were causing political headaches for Biden and fellow Democrats ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
Analysts from the Dallas branch of the Federal Reserve argued at the time that corporate collusion was not one of the factors driving up retail gasoline costs, pointing out that energy producers actually have almost zero control over the prices set by gas station operators.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/30/senate-democrats-gas-prices-green-agenda-price-gouging/
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