pushing the White House to take immediate action to bring down gas prices
Warnock will push the White House to take immediate action to bring down gas prices.
Occurrences
I look forward to supporting additional actions by your administration to lower gas prices and hold corporations accountable if illegal conduct is uncovered.
Evidence
"Warnock is fighting to ease the pinch at the pump by suspending the federal gas tax and pushing the White House to take immediate action to bring down gas prices."
Warnock wrote that he was concerned gas prices in Georgia remained high and urged the President to "immediately increase scrutiny" of oil and gas companies and "swiftly target any corporate greed and profiteering."
The Senate office said Warnock sent a letter to President Biden urging the Administration to "immediately increase scrutiny of big oil companies" and "swiftly target any corporate greed and profiteering."
Warnock said he had been "fighting to suspend the federal gas tax" and that President Biden was "finally listening" to the urgency of taking action to lower costs for Georgians.
The bill was introduced and referred to the Senate Finance Committee on February 9, 2022; the official title is "A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a gasoline tax holiday."
Warnock wrote President Biden that Georgia gas prices remained high and urged him to immediately increase scrutiny of oil and gas companies and swiftly target corporate greed and profiteering.
Warnock’s Senate office said he sent President Biden a letter urging the Administration to immediately increase scrutiny of big oil companies, target corporate greed and profiteering, and have the FTC update work to curb corporate greed.
Warnock said he had fought for months to suspend the federal gas tax and was pleased that President Biden was listening to him and colleagues about urgent action to lower costs for Georgians.
Congress.gov lists Warnock as an original cosponsor of S.3609, the Gas Prices Relief Act of 2022, which was introduced and referred to the Senate Finance Committee on February 9, 2022.
Assessments
The promise was framed as taking oversight/pressure action, not guaranteeing a final gas-price result. During Warnock's same Senate term, he directly wrote President Biden urging immediate executive scrutiny of oil and gas companies and action against profiteering, publicly pressed the White House on gas prices, and supported related gas-tax-holiday legislation. That satisfies the pledged action in the federal office context.
The promise was to push the White House for immediate action on gas prices, not necessarily to secure enactment of a gas-price policy. During the same Senate term, Warnock sent a formal April 5, 2022 letter to President Biden urging immediate scrutiny of oil and gas companies and action against profiteering, issued Senate communications pressing the administration, and publicly continued urging White House action. His related gas tax holiday bill did not pass, but the core promised action was advocacy and pressure on the White House, which the evidence shows he carried out directly.