WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-ND, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement after the Biden administration finalized a rule implementing the natural gas tax.

“Finalizing the natural gas tax is part of a last-minute effort by the Biden administration to continue imposing its radical environmentalist agenda. The American people clearly rejected this approach, which fueled inflation and increased the cost of goods and services across our economy,” Hoeven said. “Instead, we will work to repeal costly policies like the natural gas tax and empower the development of all of our abundant energy resources, including coal, oil and natural gas. That’s how we can provide relief to American consumers and make the U.S. energy dominant once again.”