Senators Durbin and Duckworth joined Senate Democrats in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter, calling on the DOJ to use every tool at its disposal to prevent and prosecute collusion and price fixing in the oil industry.
Call on the Department of Justice to use every tool at its disposal to prevent and prosecute collusion and price fixing in the oil industry.
Occurrences
Durbin, Duckworth Join Senate Democrats to Call on DOJ to Immediately Launch Full Court Press Against Big Oil to Prevent and Prosecute Collusion and Price Fixing ... calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to use every tool at its disposal to prevent and prosecute collusion and price fixing in the oil industry.
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 20 Democratic Senators in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to use every tool at its disposal to prevent and prosecute collusion and price fixing in the oil industry.
Evidence
U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 20 Democratic Senators in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter calling on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to use every tool at its disposal to prevent and prosecute collusion and price fixing in the oil industry.
Duckworth's official Senate release says she joined the Schumer/Durbin letter to Garland and Kanter asking DOJ to use every available tool against oil-industry collusion and price fixing.
The May 30 letter to Garland and Kanter says, "We therefore urge the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the oil industry." Tammy Duckworth is listed as a signer.
The Senate Democratic Caucus announcement says Schumer led 23 Democratic senators in the DOJ letter and names Tammy Duckworth among the signers.
The Senate lists Duckworth as a Class III senator and states Class III terms run from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2029.
The release says Duckworth joined a Senate letter urging DOJ action against oil-industry collusion and price fixing.
Duckworth's Senate office says she joined Schumer and 20 Democratic senators in sending a letter to DOJ calling on it to use every tool at its disposal to prevent and prosecute collusion and price fixing in the oil industry.
The letter itself urges DOJ to investigate and pursue oil-industry collusion and price fixing, and Tammy Duckworth is listed among the signers.
The Senate lists Tammy Duckworth as a Class III senator; Class III terms run from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2029.
Assessments
The promise was to call on the Department of Justice to use every available tool against oil-industry collusion and price fixing. Evidence shows Senator Tammy Duckworth joined a May 30, 2024 Senate letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter making that exact request, and her name appears among the signers on the letter itself. Because this action occurred during her current Class III Senate term running from January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2029, the promise counts as delivered in the same term. The claim is about making the call on DOJ, not about DOJ ultimately securing prosecutions.
Duckworth directly joined and signed a Senate letter in May 2024 calling on the DOJ to use every tool to prevent and prosecute collusion and price fixing in the oil industry. That matches the promise’s requested action and occurred during her current Senate term.
Duckworth fulfilled the oversight promise by joining a May 31, 2024 Senate letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter explicitly calling on DOJ to use every tool available to prevent and prosecute oil-industry collusion and price fixing. The promised action was to call on DOJ, not to secure DOJ prosecution outcomes, so the co-signed letter satisfies the claim during her current Senate term.
Senator Duckworth fulfilled her campaign promise by joining other senators in formally calling on the Department of Justice to take action against collusion and price fixing in the oil industry. Co-signing a public and official letter urging DOJ to use every tool at its disposal is a direct and substantial effort matching the commitment in the promise.