Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said he is willing to consider a ban on diesel exports to help ease the run-up in prices caused by supply constraints from the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. 

“We’ll be looking at any proposal that is a viable solution, but I do think if we have the supply in this country and we’re exporting it right now, that might be one way of getting at it,” Thune told reporters at the Capitol. “If that would take pressure off of prices, you know, I’m open to exploring it.”