White House takes aim at oil industry as gas prices create economic and politics rifts

In an August letter to the Biden administration, she promised to deter unlawful mergers in the industry, as well as to ask staff at the agency to investigate abuses in the franchised fuel market. “I will continue to assess how the FTC can use its tools to police unlawful business practices in oil and gas markets, and I am committed to working with the Administration, independent agencies, and state attorneys general to address this concern,” she wrote.