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Patty Murray's Public Statements on Issue: Oil and Gas

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11/04/2022 Tweet - "Big oil companies shouldn't be making record profits while Washington state families are struggling to fill up their tanks. We've got to hold corporate price gougers accountable for the high costs families are seeing at the pump."
08/15/2022 Tweet - "We can't lose sight of the fact that giant gas companies are making record profits while Washington state families are still feeling the sting. I'm working to hold corporate price gougers accountable."
07/15/2022 Tweet - "Corporate greed is a big reason Washington state families are still paying way too much at the pump. That's why I've signed onto legislation to stop corporate price gouging by giant oil companies making record profits off a crisis."
07/08/2022 Tweet - "There's simply no excuse for oil companies to be making record profits while WA state drivers pay more at the pump. It's corporate greed & price gouging at its worst--plain & simple. I'm working to pass @SenDuckworth 's Gas Price Gouging Prevention Act & hold companies accountable."
07/01/2022 Tweet - "Whether you're leaving town or sticking around this holiday weekend, you should be able to get to where you need without breaking the bank at the gas pump. Yet oil companies are price gouging and making record profits. They need to be held accountable--and I'm working on it."
06/27/2022 Letter to Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Merkley, Wyden Urge the Biden Administration to Protect Coastal Communities, Cease?Expansion?of?Offshore?Oil and Gas Leasing
06/27/2022 Letter to Deborah Haaland, Secretary of the Interior - Asking for Protection of Coastal Communities and Suspension of Further Expansion of Offshore Gas Leasing
06/11/2022 Tweet - "Gas prices are up and yet so are oil companies' profits. I've signed onto legislation to stop corporate price gouging and lower gas prices for Washington state."
06/04/2022 Tweet - "While gas prices have skyrocketed in Washington state, American oil companies are making record profits. Our families deserve better. Democrats are working to lower gas prices and hold corporate price gougers accountable."
05/24/2022 Tweet - "People in Washington state are feeling the sting at the gas pump, and yet giant oil and gas corporations are still making record profits. We've got to hold them accountable and lower gas prices for working families."
03/08/2022 Tweet - "The world is coming together to #StandWithUkraine & stand up for democracy--and big oil executives shouldn't be raking in cash while WA state families pay more at the pump. As @POTUS bans Russian oil in the U.S., giant corporations should not be profiting off this crisis."
08/12/2021 Letter to Hon. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior; Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; Hon. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation; and Hon. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense - Padilla, Feinstein, and Western Senators Urge Administration to Combat Jet Fuel Shortages Affecting Wildland Firefighting Amid Another Devastating Wildfire Season
08/10/2021 Letter to Hon. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior; Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; Hon. Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation; and Hon. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense - Feinstein, Wyden, Colleagues Urge Administration to Combat Jet Fuel Shortages Affecting Wildland Firefighting Amid Another Devastating Wildfire Season
01/29/2021 Murray, Cantwell Introduce Bill to Permanently Ban Drilling Off West Coast
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
04/10/2019 Letter to Acting Secretary Bernhardt - Demand Transparency, Public Input for Oil and Gas Leasing on Public Lands
09/19/2018 Tweet - "The Trump Administration's repeated moves to roll back rules will make climate change much worse for no reason other than to make life even easier for fossil fuel companies. This is dangerous to WA and to the country. This is a big deal."
09/18/2018 Tweet - "We should be doing more, not less, to keep dangerous greenhouse gases out of our atmosphere & reverse the impact of climate change on our environment--if for no other reason than we should care more about people & public health than increasing profits for Big Oil & Gas."
08/03/2018 Senators Murray, Cantwell Introduce Resolution to Protect Vehicle Efficiency Rules, Defend Washington State's Right to Lower Air Pollution
07/18/2018 Letter to Secretary Ryan Zinke, U.S. Department of the Interior - Feinstein, Cantwell, Colleagues To Zinke: Eroding Key Safety, Environmental Protections Risks Coastal Economy
04/19/2018 Senators Murray, Cantwell Introduce Legislation to Protect American Coasts from Catastrophic Oil Spills
04/19/2018 Letter to the Hon. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of Interior - NM Democrats, 106 Senators & House Members to Zinke: Don't Let BLM Rescind the Methane Rule
04/13/2018 Tweet - "Pleased to see @SecretaryZinke finally agree that his proposal to threaten WA's environment & economy by opening our coastal waters to hazardous oil & gas drilling is a non-starter for WA families & businesses."
03/05/2018 Letter to the Honorable Ryan Zinke, Secretary of US Department of the Interior - Public Engagement on Offshore Drilling Plan Inadequate, Demands Local Voices Be Heard
03/05/2018 Tweet - "Standing w/ the people making their voices heard during & prior to tonight's public @Interior mtg in Olympia. Offshore oil & gas drilling could cause irreparable damage to our state's environment & fishing industries, & it has no place in our coastal waters. #ProtectOurCoasts"
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