Washington, D.C. – Right when families across Nevada thought the era of $5/gallon gas was over, our weakened energy policy has given way to yet another spike.
Gas prices in Las Vegas are up 24 cents over the past week and now average $5.09 a gallon.
Nevada had the unfortunate distinction of being home to the second highest gas prices in the nation this summer, and the energy policies supported by Catherine Cortez Masto are to blame:
- In 2021, Cortez Masto voted three times against legislation to prohibit a ban on fracking.
- In 2021, Cortez Masto voted four times against advancing the Keystone XL Pipeline, killing roughly 11,000 good-paying jobs in the process.
- In 2021, Cortez Masto supported legislation to index the federal gas tax to inflation.
- In 2021, Cortez Masto voted to limit oil and gas leasing in the U.S., fulfilling a promise to limit U.S. production she laid out in a 2020 op-ed.
- But in 2022 with Nevada gas prices the second highest in the nation, Cortez Masto teamed up with fellow vulnerable Senate Democrats to support a gas tax holiday gimmick, even though it would not save Nevadans a penny.
Statement from NRSC Spokesman T.W. Arrighi: “The failed Cortez Masto/Biden agenda has failed families in Nevada, and they feel it in their wallets on a daily basis. As gas prices spike yet again, many are asking themselves how we got ourselves into this mess. They need not look further than Cortez Masto’s support for anti-American energy policies, especially since Joe Biden took office. Adam Laxalt will make sure we reverse course and embrace home-grown energy.”
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