WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As oil prices hit $100 a barrel last week amid President Trump's war of choice with Iran, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) are spotlighting a new congressional report that found that farmers in Virginia and across the country spent over $1,500 more to fill up their farm's onsite fuel tank - the common way farmers buy and store diesel fuel - during this year's spring planting season than they did last year. Trump's war of choice has caused diesel prices to skyrocket, which has in turn harmed farmers at a time when they already face increased costs and new challenges from Trump's tariffs.
"Virginia farmers depend on diesel fuel...