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With gas prices reaching an all time high, Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman Mike Thompson today called on the Department of Energy to stop filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPRo) and use the reserve to ease prices for consumers. In a letter sent to Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham today, the two California lawmakers called for federal intervention against record-setting gasoline prices. "These high gas prices are a tremendous financial strain on families in California," Boxer said. "People shouldn't have to shell out every last dime just so they can get to and from work.