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‘Check in the mail’: RI delegation calls for tax on major oil companies

May 18, 2026

Rhode Island’s delegation is pushing for relief at the pump as prices continue to climb during the conflict with Iran.

"It has gotten to the point that people cannot take it anymore," U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner said Monday. "These big oil companies are making hundreds of billions of dollars in profits while the average person is struggling to fill up their gas tank." [...] Read full article.