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Richard Blumenthal's Public Statements on Issue: Oil and Gas

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06/22/2022 Blumenthal Applauds President Biden's Call for a Temporary Gas Tax Suspension
05/24/2022 Letter to Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House - Whitehouse, Khanna, Colleagues Urge Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer to Bring Big Oil Windfall Profit Tax to the Floor
05/03/2022 Murphy, Blumenthal Call for Transition to a Clean Energy Economy to Protect American National Security and Combat Price Gouging by Fossil Fuel Companies
05/02/2022 Van Hollen, Merkley Call for Transition to a Clean Energy Economy to Protect American National Security and Combat Price Gouging by Fossil Fuel Companies
04/05/2022 At Senate Commerce Hearing, Blumenthal Calls for More Federal Action to Lower Gas Prices & Stop Profiteering by Oil Giants
03/23/2022 Blumenthal Statement After General Assembly Approves Temporary Suspension of State Gas Tax
03/16/2022 Blumenthal Statement Regarding Proposed Suspension of Connecticut Gas Tax
03/11/2022 Fighting Gas Price Hikes--Big Oil Profits Back to Consumers in Blumenthal Bill
02/25/2022 Letter to Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - As Putin's Illegal Invasion of Ukraine Causes Gas Prices to Rise, Baldwin Joins Colleagues to Urge Biden Administration to Tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve
01/07/2022 Letter to Richard Glick, Chairman Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Consumer Protection from Rising Gas, Home Heating, and Energy Costs
11/09/2021 Letter to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President of the United State of America - Action to Lower Gas Prices
10/29/2021 Letter to Hon. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of US Department of Transportation - Methane and Gas Emissions
08/23/2021 Letter to Jaime A. Pinkham, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Works - House and Senate Lawmakers Call on Biden Administration to Immediately Suspend Clean Water Act Permit for Line 3 Pipeline
05/26/2021 Menendez Introduces Legislation To Ban Offshore Drilling, Protect Coastal Economy As It Recovers From Pandemic
03/01/2021 Letter to Ms. Marissa Gillett, Chair of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection - In Letter To Pura, Murphy, Blumenthal Object To Eversource And United Illuminating Plan To Move Forward With Utility Shutoffs Amid The COVID-19 Pandemic
02/04/2021 Senators Markey, Van Hollen and Rep. Dingell Re-Introduce Legislation to Create a Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator
01/15/2021 Letter to President-Elect to Joe Biden - Feinstein, Heinrich, Colleagues Call for Strengthened Regulations of Methane Emissions from Oil, Natural Gas Production
01/15/2021 Letter to President-Elect Biden - Menendez, Booker Call for Strengthened Regulations of Methane Emissions from Oil, Natural Gas Production
12/16/2020 Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Department of the Interior - Bennet Joins Letter Opposing Last-Minute Oil and Gas Lease Sale & Seismic Exploration in Arctic Refuge
05/05/2020 ReWIND Act Prohibits Bailout of Fossil Fuel Industry with Cares Act Funds During Public Health Crisis
01/30/2020 Letter to Jaime Dimon, CEO and President of JP Morgan Chase & Co., Michael Corbat, CEO of Citigroup, Inc., Michael Roberts, President and CEO of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc., Bruce Van Saun, Chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Richard Fairbank, Chairman and CEO of Capital One Financial Corp., William Demchak, Chairman, President, and CEO of PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Greg Braca, President and CEO of TD Bank, and Charles Scharf, CEO and President of Wells Fargo & Co. - Van Hollen Joins Heinrich, Democratic Colleagues in Urging Top U.S. Banks to Not Finance Arctic Drilling
05/02/2019 Coastal New England Senators Introduce Bipartisan Offshore Drilling Ban
03/28/2019 15 Coastal Senators to Oppose Interior Secretary Nomination
03/21/2019 Senators File Brief in Ninth Circuit Case to Hold Big Oil Responsible for Climate Change
03/20/2019 Letter to the Hon. David Bernhardt, Acting Secretary of the Interior - Schumer, Gillibrand Demand Answers on Acting Secretary of Interior's Plan for Offshore Drilling

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