Congressman Ross wrote in the letter, The United States, the world s biggest oil consumer, must make it clear to OPEC states that it intends to lobby aggressively to increase oil production when OPEC convenes again in June.
Indications point to the fact that the agreement to reduce production has been implemented.
These prices are unjustified and our response to bring these prices down must be immediate, Ross said. We must look at all available options, but whatever we do must guarantee that drivers in Arkansas will pay less when they fill up. In his letter to Abraham, Ross also urged the Bush Administration to address the lack of U.S. refinery capacity as well as OPEC production. While I realize that the market has sustained reasonably priced gasoline in the past, Ross wrote, it is important for the Administration to not only strongly urge the OPEC members to increase production of oil, but at the same time work with domestic oil producers to boost their dangerously low levels of oil inventories.