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
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."
Assessments
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.