Nunes Votes to Improve Fuel Supply

Nunes Votes to Improve Fuel Supply

October 7, 2005

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, voted today to streamline and improve the nation's fuel supply by passing the Gasoline for America's Security (GAS) 2005.

"Busy families depend on an abundant and reliable fuel supply. I am glad we have taken a significant step in securing their needs for the future," Rep. Nunes said.

"Today, we have broken the 30-year stranglehold radical environmentalists have held on our nation's fuel needs. For too long, Americans have been prevented from maintaining and expanding the fuel infrastructure to keep up with our growing population."

Highlights of the GAS Act:

· Encourages new refineries to increase supply;

· Promotes new pipelines to get new crude oil and refined product to consumers at lower prices;

· Limits "boutique fuels" that have propped up gasoline process by artificially limiting supply;

· Promotes conservation through carpooling and a fuel-efficiency awareness campaign;

· Bans price gouging in gasoline or diesel fuel sales; and

· Requires a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) study into credit card company processing fees, which may inflate consumer costs.

In conjunction with the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Gasoline for America's Security Act of 2005 addresses important issues to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of refined petroleum products and increase domestic production and conservation efforts

http://www.house.gov/nunes/press/2005/oct/100705Gasoline.htm