The American Trucking Associations on Wednesday, June 11, joined 18 transportation-related organizations in sending a letter to congressional leadership urging immediate reforms to the energy commodities market to stop surging oil prices and prevent further decline in the U.S. economy.
In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), the group outlined recommended reforms that include:
Leading energy experts across the country have said that recent, unprecedented jumps in crude oil prices are due, in large measure, to rampant speculation in the energy commodities markets. “This country needs a fair, transparent and balanced energy commodities market, not one that is skewed to benefit speculators and institutional investors,” the organizations said in the letter.
A copy of the letter can be found here.
