The Trump administration has yet to solve the fundamental issue of getting oil and gas tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz again, analysts said.
A long list of people critical of the president's plans for a massive White House ballroom signed up to speak before the National Capital Planning Commission.
White House aides and Cabinet officials are coming under intense pressure to reverse the spike in energy prices caused by the start of the war in the Middle East.
The talks are the first sign President Donald Trump is starting to take seriously the surge in fuel prices that began after the start of the U.S.-Israeli attacks against Iran.