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A bipartisan group of senators is promoting a new national tax on energy while Americans are struggling with record-high energy prices.

WASHINGTON DC (06/06/2022) – This week, American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, launched a five-figure digital advocacy initiative pushing back against efforts by a small group of U.S. Senators to enact a new national energy tax.

Despite the fact...

WASHINGTON D.C. (May 19, 2022) This week, Democrats in the House of Representatives will try to misdirect voters about the source of high energy prices. Rather than taking on the policies of the Biden administration, which are the actual cause of more expensive energy, the House will take up legislation about a phantom cause: “price gouging.” The bill, H.R. 7688, is named the “Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act,” and it would give the President vast powers to set price...

WASHINGTON D.C. (April 12, 2022)  Today, President Biden announced an emergency waiver that will allow E15 gasoline to be sold on a temporary basis from June 1 to September 15.  The White House estimates that the E15 blend will save consumers 10 cents per gallon compared to the E10 blend, however, this does not account for the lower energy content of the fuel.  Additionally, E15 is only sold at about 2,300 gas stations nationwide, which is less than 2 percent of the total gas stations in...

The Time is Now for the Administration to Act to Ease the Pain at the Pump

WASHINGTON D.C. (April 5, 2022) This week, American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, launched an advocacy initiative calling on President Biden and his administration to stop sending mixed signals when it comes to energy production in America.

American drivers have been paying record-high prices at the pump, but President Biden ...

American Energy Alliance's statement on President Joe Biden's proposal to release more oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

WASHINGTON DC (March 31, 2021) Today the Biden administration announced it would release 1 million barrels a day for the next six months from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 

Thomas Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, issued the following statement.

"It is past time to give American consumers a break.  American energy workers deserve a chance to go to work and provide the energy we need to restore the nation to its potential and its position in the world.  Mr. President, you need to reverse your war on American energy."

- Tom Pyle, AEA President

WASHINGTON DC (March 1, 2022) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, has a direct message...

It’s time for grown-ups to start handling energy policy in your administration.

The American Energy Alliance, the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, has a direct message for President Joe Biden as we await his comments on the blatant act of military aggression against Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

AEA President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement:

The confirmation of the Biden administration's choice for Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve would be a recipe for financial instability.

WASHINGTON DC (February 1, 2021) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, joined with the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in opposition to the confirmation of Sarah Bloom Raskin to the Federal Reserve.

This Thursday, the Senate Banking...

The administration seeks further restrictions on the development of America's energy security.

WASHINGTON DC (January 27, 2022) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, blasted the decision by the Biden Administration to revoke existing mineral leases for the Twin Metals mine in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest, that would supply copper, cobalt and nickel for America’s economy and provide...

President Biden seeks further restrictions of oil and gas development on federal lands, substantially higher royalty fees.

WASHINGTON DC (November 23, 2021) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, strongly condemns President Biden's Black Friday release of a report on the federal oil and gas leasing program calling for further restrictions on federal lands for oil and gas development.

AEA...