They never miss even the smallest opportunity, do they?<\/p>\n
Pelosi Pushes Democratic Bill That Would Give Biden Power To Control Gas\u00a0Prices<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Gee, wouldn’t you say he pretty much has it already, as evidenced by the way he caused prices to double via shutting down pipelines, yanking oil leases, forbidding drilling and exploration, etc<\/em>? But then that’s Demonrats for ya—always looking for any excuse at all to expand federal power and control. The rest of the article is so badly bloated with shitlib megalomania it’s too fat to get up off the sofa and walk to the kitchen to grab Fauxcahontas Warren “one o’ them thar beers<\/a>.”<\/p>\n
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) blamed the continued record surge in gas prices on \u201cexploitation\u201d by oil companies, and touted a bill that would essentially allow the president to control prices.<\/p>\n
During her\u00a0weekly press briefing, Pelosi touted a Democrat-backed bill called the \u201cConsumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act,\u201d which would allow the president to declare an \u201cenergy emergency\u201d giving him the ability to regulate prices by preventing fuel companies from selling their products at prices deemed to be \u201cunconscionably excessive\u201d and \u201cexploiting\u201d such an emergency.<\/p>\n
\u201cNext week on the floor of the House, we will have another piece of our lowering-costs-for-the-American-people legislation,\u201d Pelosi said.\u00a0\u201cHouse Democrats, led by [Washington] Congresswoman [Kim] Schrier and [California] Congresswoman [Katie] Porter introduced the\u00a0\u2018Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act.\u2019\u00a0While families are struggling to pay higher prices at the pump, oil and gas companies are recording record profits, with [the] seven largest oil companies announcing buybacks that could total $41 billion this year alone. Again and again, we see gas prices rise, sometimes when the cost of oil drops, oil prices drop, and price gouging needs to be stopped. This is a major exploitation of the consumer because this is a product that the consumer must have.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAgain, the Putin [Price] Hike at the pump is a part of this,\u201d Pelosi continued. \u201cYou would think that the oil companies would compensate for that rather than exploit the opportunity that it \u2014 so in this bill, what this bill does [is] \u2014 price gouging needs to be addressed, including new tools at the [Federal Trade Commission] to address those abuses. Our bill enables the president to issue an energy emergency declaration making it unlawful to increase gas and home energy prices in an exploitative and excessive way, which is part of the business plan of these companies.\u201d<\/p>\n
The\u00a0bill\u00a0authorizes the president to declare an \u201cenergy emergency\u201d anywhere within the United States, and use federal powers to regulate prices to combat it. \u201cThe President may issue an energy emergency proclamation for any area within the jurisdiction of the United States\u201d within one week of a \u201creasonably foreseeable emergency\u201d for a period of up to 30 days, the bill states. These proclamations can be renewed for consecutive periods.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hey, we can always rely on the Demonrats to solve the problems created for us by…um, the Demonrats. Wherever would we be without ’em?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
They never miss even the smallest opportunity, do they? Pelosi Pushes Democratic Bill That Would Give Biden Power To Control Gas\u00a0Prices Gee, wouldn’t you say he pretty much has it already, as evidenced by the way he caused prices to double via shutting down pipelines,…<\/p>\n