Democrat Ro Khanna to introduce bill to stop US gasoline exports amid Iran war
Source: The Guardian
Tue 14 Apr 2026 12.00 EDT
Last modified on Tue 14 Apr 2026 12.47 EDT
Amid historic jumps in gas prices triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran, the California congressman Ro Khanna is to introduce legislation on Tuesday that would ban the export of gasoline during price spikes.
“The country is crying out for a new energy policy,” said Khanna in an interview with the Guardian, “that doesn’t have us subject to the whims of the profits of big oil companies.”
The Iran war has sparked the largest-ever disruption to fuel supply, according to the International Energy Agency, with crude costs topping $100 a barrel so far this week. That has in turn caused the price of gasoline – for which crude is the main input – to rise dramatically, with Americans paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump.
Keeping domestic gasoline supplies at home, Khanna said, could lower the cost of gas for US consumers. During any period when national gas prices average $3.12 a gallon or higher, his proposed legislation would stop US shipments of refined gasoline to other countries.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/ro-khanna-bill-stop-gas-exports-iran-war
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