By now, most everyone knows about the record profits made by oil companies over the last few years. In the first quarter of this year Exxon-Mobil and Chevron-Texaco made $14 billion combined, while gas prices soared to their highest price in decades. Prices may soon jump to $4.00 a gallon in much of the country.

House Democrats have introduced a bill, H.R. 1252, which would make price gouging a federal crime punishable by 10 years in prison. MoveOn.org is asking its members to sign a petition in support of the bill and put an end to these outragous practices.

Over 155,000 people have already signed the petition today. Please join them here: Stop Price Gouging