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“I respectfully ask you again to work with the Congress to allow the Justice Department to pursue oil cartel price-fixing, allow the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the authority to investigate and punish price gougers, end taxpayer subsidies to Big Oil and invest those funds in renewable American energy. Lastly, your Administration must use the authority given to it by the Congress to end market manipulation. We cannot wait to act in the face of these prices increases,” she wrote.


The No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act - H.R. 2264


authorizing the Department of Justice to bring lawsuits in U.S. courts against cartel members. This bill passed the House 345-72. You have threatened to veto this legislation.

The Energy Price Gouging Act – H.R. 1252


Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 - H.R. 5351


Market Manipulation Provisions in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007


It is imperative that the FTC act now to crack down on these abusive practices.