he’s fighting to ease the pinch at the pump by suspending the federal gas tax
Warnock will fight to suspend the federal gas tax to help lower gas prices.
Occurrences
I proudly joined my colleagues to introduce the Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022, which would provide relief to Georgians by temporarily suspending collection of the federal gas tax.
Evidence
All Actions: 02/09/2022 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Cosponsors include Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA].
Shown Here: Introduced in Senate (02/09/2022). This bill provides for a temporary exemption through 2022 from the excise tax on gasoline ... and expresses congressional policy that consumers immediately receive the benefit of this exemption.
Bill would temporarily suspend the 18 cents per gallon federal gas tax, provide families economic relief from high gas prices. Senator Warnock ... joined a group of his Senate colleagues in introducing the Gas Prices Relief Act.
Senator Reverend Warnock ... has been pushing for a suspension of the federal gas tax for months ... 'I’ve been fighting for months to pass my federal gas tax holiday bill.'
Congress.gov lists S.3609 as the Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022, sponsored by Sen. Mark Kelly and cosponsored by Sen. Raphael G. Warnock on 2022-02-09. The official title was a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a gasoline tax holiday. The summary says the bill would provide a temporary exemption through 2022 from the excise tax on gasoline, while the latest action remained referral to Senate Finance.
Warnock's Senate office announced that he joined Senate colleagues in introducing the Gas Prices Relief Act. The release says the legislation would temporarily suspend the federal gas tax through the end of 2022 and specifically lists suspending the 18.4-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax until January 1, 2023.
Warnock's Senate office described a months-long push for federal gas-tax suspension legislation and quoted Warnock saying he had been fighting for months to pass his federal gas-tax holiday bill while pushing lawmakers and the White House to act. The release says President Biden endorsed congressional action to suspend the federal gas tax for three months.
Assessments
The promise was framed as a commitment to fight for a federal gas-tax suspension, not a guarantee that Congress would enact one. In the same Senate term, Warnock cosponsored and publicly advanced S.3609, the Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022, which directly proposed a temporary federal gasoline excise-tax holiday, and he continued pressing Congress and the White House for action. The bill did not become law, so this would not satisfy a promise to actually suspend the tax, but it does satisfy the narrower advocacy promise.
The promise was framed as fighting to suspend the federal gas tax, not guaranteeing enactment. During the same Senate term, Warnock cosponsored and helped introduce the Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022, publicly advocated for it over months, and materially advanced legislation matching the promised federal gas-tax suspension. The suspension did not become law, so this is delivery of the advocacy commitment rather than the policy outcome itself.