During the press conference, Wasserman Schultz expressed support for the Gas Price Relief Act, which would suspend the 18.4-cent federal gas tax whenever the national average price of gas exceeds $4 per gallon and fully offset the lost revenue by redirecting roughly $30 billion in existing federal oil and gas subsidies into the fund.
I will support the Gas Price Relief Act to suspend the federal gas tax when national gas prices exceed $4 per gallon and offset the lost revenue with existing oil and gas subsidies.
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During the press conference, Wasserman Schultz expressed support for the Gas Price Relief Act, which would suspend the 18.4-cent federal gas tax whenever the national average price of gas exceeds $4 per gallon and fully offset the lost revenue by redirecting roughly $30 billion in existing federal oil and gas subsidies into the fund.
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The official release says Wasserman Schultz expressed support for the Gas Price Relief Act and described suspending the 18.4-cent federal gas tax when national gas prices exceed $4 per gallon, offset by existing oil and gas subsidies.
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GovInfo identifies H.R. 8600 in the 119th Congress as introduced April 30, 2026 and referred to Ways and Means, with text suspending fuel excise taxes when national average gasoline exceeds $3.99 and prohibiting oil and gas credits or deductions during those periods.
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The promise was framed as supporting the Gas Price Relief Act, not necessarily securing enactment of the federal gas-tax suspension. During the same federal House term, Wasserman Schultz's official House office publicly endorsed the Gas Price Relief Act and described the same core mechanism: suspending the 18.4-cent federal gas tax when national gasoline prices exceed about $4 per gallon, with the lost revenue offset by redirecting or denying existing oil and gas subsidies. Official bill information confirms H.R. 8600 contained that threshold and oil-and-gas offset structure. That satisfies the promised support action even though the bill had not become law.
The promise was framed as a commitment to support the Gas Price Relief Act, not to single-handedly enact it. During her current federal House term, Wasserman Schultz publicly backed the bill and described the same core mechanism: suspending the 18.4-cent federal gas tax when national gas prices exceed about $4 per gallon and offsetting the Highway Trust Fund loss by redirecting oil and gas subsidies. There is no evidence in the payload that the bill became law, but enactment was not the specific promise being judged; the promised support was delivered in the same term.