Washington, March 11 -- Congressman Vince Fong issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) urgently called on Governor Gavin Newsom, California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Lauren Sanchez, and California Energy Commission Vice Chair Siva Gunda to reconsider the implementation of CARB's Cap-and-Invest proposal. Calling the proposal "nothing short of an existential threat to our refineries," Congressman Fong highlighted serious concerns regarding projections that it could add an additional $1.21 a gallon to California's already exorbitantly high gas prices.
"This will be the nail in the coffin of California's fuel network, which is already being suffocated by a patchwork of underutilized pipelines and overb...