Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts , last year 's Democratic nominee for president , said on the Senate floor on Wednesday that high gas prices were a '' regressive energy tax on the backs of working Americans '' and that '' at a time when oil prices are at historic highs , our energy policy should be aimed at investing in new and renewable sources of energy , not lining the pockets of big special interests . ''
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