"Special interests lobbied to keep federal fees low so taxpayers would foot the bill. Fossil fuel-friendly states don't even give Big Oil such sweetheart deals!I'll keep conducting oversight of oil and gas companies, which are earning record profits by price-gouging at the pump."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Katie Porter:
"We've been charging oil and gas companies the same royalty rate to drill on public lands for 100+ yearsuntil yesterday. The Biden Administration has raised the rate to the amount I've been pushing for, which means taxpayers will finally get a fair return on these public assets. twitter.com/RepKatiePorter"Read on Twitter
"Healthy capitalist markets need competition. Without it, corporations can earn record-high profits at the same time families struggle to put food on the table, pay at the pump, and afford other staples.Corporations are raising prices because they can.marketwatch.com/story/corporat"Read on Twitter
"Special interests like @Intuit @turbotax spend gobs of money to hire former government officials as lobbyists. They drown out the voices of families and push policies that hurt taxpayers. I'm joining @SenWarren and @BradSherman to call out this corporate abuse. twitter.com/SenWarren/stat" on April 18Read on Twitter
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