Dear Senator Clinton and Senator McCain,

We urge you to reconsider your support for a gas tax holiday. The policy is bad for the American people and bad for the environment because it is:

• Environmentally reckless. You favor a cap on carbon emissions to fight global warming. Encouraging fossil fuel use is step in the wrong direction.
• Fiscally irresponsible. The gas tax funds badly needed repairs to our highway infrastructure.
• Shortsighted. Gas prices are going to keep going up. We need long-term solutions, like investments in clean, affordable mass transit.
• Ineffective. The bulk of the benefit will go to oil companies, who will raise prices to offset the tax break.

Energy issues are too important to the future of America – and the planet. We oppose the gas tax holiday, and await strong leadership on these urgent matters.