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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-11 08:04 PM
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2. yeah well, the WH said today that they're going to be looking into
Gas prices so let us see what the response from oil companies will be.

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) -- Prodded by growing public frustration over sharply rising gasoline prices, the Justice Department on Thursday announced the formation of a team -- the "Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group -- tasked with the goal of ensuring consumers are not victims of price gouging.

Gas prices exceeding $4 per gallon or higher are "tough" for most Americans, President Barack Obama told an audience in Reno, Nevada. "We are going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of American consumers for their own short-term gain."

"This gas issue is serious," the president said. "It hurts."

Attorney General Eric Holder made no secret the move is a direct response to public angst, not to current evidence of any illegal conduct.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/21/holder.gas.prices/inde...


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