RELEASE: As Gas Prices Rise, Sanders Urges Obama to Get Tough on Speculators
BURLINGTON, Vt., April 28 – With Wall Street speculators driving up oil and gas prices to near record highs, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today urged President Obama to ask for the immediate resignation of federal regulators who won’t enforce a new law to stop excessive speculation in oil markets. Gasoline pump prices in Vermont averaged $3.90 a gallon today,