The Fifth District Report
Ellison: Oil Speculation Rules, Cutting Oil Subsidies Would Lower Gas Prices
The 5th District Congressman also wants to ban the herbicide atrazine and add a right to vote amendment to the Constitution.
Gas Prices Rep. Keith Ellison argued last week that tougher rules on oil speculation and an end to subsidies for oil companies would help curb the recent hike in gas prices. The 5th District congressman last year introduced the “End Polluter Welfare Act," which would eliminate more than $110 billion in fossil fuel subsidies every 10 years. Ellison released the following statement Friday: A week before one of the busiest car travel weekends of the year, millions of Minnesotans are suddenly having to pay more for gas than ever before. This takes money out of the pockets of working people in the middle of a slow recovery, and causes real economic pain for Minnesotans already struggling to get by. There are meaningful steps Congress can take …
Lynn B
4:09 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
I have dubbed the entity "Gordy." Much easier than Mike b. Gordy is a bore and a dementor. I don't respond to it anymore. If we don't respond to it, it will float to another spot. Poor Gordy. No one takes it seriously. more ›