A coalition of 11 Democratic senators asked President Joe Biden in a Monday letter to take extreme steps to combat soaring gas prices, including banning the export of U.S.-sourced crude oil and drawing on resources stored in the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Since Biden’s inauguration, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that average gas prices have increased every month, shooting up from $2.42 per gallon in January to $3.384 per gallon in October.
