DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
SPOKESPERSON LIEUTENANT CHRIS
OLIVARES.
STAY TUNED FOR THAT.
GRIFF: AND PRICES AT THE GAS
PUMP REACHING NEW HIGHS AS
INFLATION SHOWS NO SIGNS OF
SLOWING DOWN.
FOR MORE ON THIS, WE’RE JOINED
BY THE CONGRESSMAN FROM
MICHIGAN, AND EDUCATION AND
COMMITTEES.
LISA McCLEAN.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
AND PRESIDENT BIDEN WHO HAD 1.4
INFLATION RATE WHEN HE TOOK
OFFICE, NOW MORE THAN 8% HAS
BLAMED THE PANDEMIC, HAS BLAMED
THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND NOW HE’S
ALSO BLAMING REPUBLICANS.
I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LISTEN TO
WHAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD TO
SAY, GET YOUR REACTION, TAKE A
LISTEN.
>> WHAT’S THE CONGRESSIONAL
REPUBLICAN PLAN?
THEY DON’T WANT TO SOLVE
INFLATION BY LOWERING YOUR
COSTS, THEY WANT TO SOLVE IT BY
RAISING YOUR TAXES AND LOWERING
YOUR INCOME.
I HAPPEN TO THINK IT’S A GOOD
THING WHEN AMERICAN FAMILIES
HAVE A LITTLE MORE MONEY IN
THEIR POCKETS AT THE END OF THE
MONTH, BUT REPUBLICANS IN
CONGRESS DON’T SEEM TO THINK
SO.
GRIFF: CONGRESSWOMAN, HE’S
BLAMING YOU.
YOUR REACTION?
>> I’VE NEVER MET A MAN THAT’S
SO OUT OF TOUCH.
IF HE’S LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS,
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH
THE PRESIDENT AS WELL AS I’M A
SURE A LOT OF MY REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUES, LET ME SHARE WITH
YOU, MAYBE A SOLUTION.
WHY DON’T WE OPEN UP OIL AND
GAS LEASES HERE IN AMERICA AS
OPPOSED TO RESTRICTING THEM?
THAT WOULD, A, HELP BRING THE
COST OF GAS DOWN, B, PUT MORE
MONEY IN THE HANDS OF THE
AMERICANS AS OPPOSED TO THE
PEOPLE OVERSEAS, AND FAMILIES
WOULDN’T HAVE TO BE PAYING
$4.35 AT THE PUMP.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT YOU HAVE TO
STOP PANDERING TO THE
PROGRESSIVES, THE GREEN NEW
DEAL PEOPLE AND ACTUALLY CARE
ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND
THE ISSUES THAT THEY’RE FACING
AT THE KITCHEN TABLE.
SO, PRESIDENT BIDEN, IF YOU’RE
LOOKING FOR HELP, PLEASE, YOU
KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME, I’M IN
CANNON, 218.
HAPPY TO SIT DOWN AND GIVE YOU
SUGGESTIONS.
LET’S START WITH THE OIL AND
GAS LEASES.
GRIFF: YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCING
THAT THEY WILL NOT TAP THREE
LEASES FOR SALES.
WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THEY MADE
THAT DECISION?
>> I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA.
THERE AGAIN, LOVE TO MEET WITH
THE ADMINISTRATION, LOVE TO
HELP THEM THROUGH THIS
INFLATION PERIOD, SO IF YOU ARE
GOING TO BLAME IT ON THE
REPUBLICANS OR PUTIN OR TRUMP
OR, LET’S NOT FORGET, WE HAVE
DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL OF THE
HOUSE, THE SENATE, AND THE
PRESIDENCY, BUT INSTEAD OF
PLAYING THE BLAME GAME, HAPPY
TO MEET WITH YOU AND COME UP
WITH SOME SOLUTIONS.
WHY THEY’RE DOING THAT, I THINK
THEY’RE PANDERING TO THE
RADICAL PROGRESSIVES AND THE
GREEN NEW DEAL PEOPLE.
AND I THINK IF YOU GIVE--
IT DOESN’T MAKE THIS OUT OF THE
WAY.
GIVE SOME POWER TO THE BUSINESS
PEOPLE IN AMERICA, THEY’LL
ACTUALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE
PRODUCTIVE AND THIS CRAZY WORD
CALLED "AND", AND BE MORE
ENERGY EFFICIENT AND ENERGY
CONSCIENTIOUS.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO GET OUT
OF THE WAY AND LOOK FOR
SOLUTIONS, INSTEAD OF THE BLAME
GAME.
GRIFF: LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT A
PRACTICAL COMMON ISSUES THAT
AMERICANS ARE FEELING.
WE SEE THIS PAST WEEK THAT
BREAKFAST IS GETTING EXPENSIVE.
EGGS UP 22%, BACON UP 17%, HOW
DO YOU GET THE SIMPLE GROCERY
STORE COSTS DOWN?
WHAT WOULD BE THE SOLUTION YOU
RECOMMEND TO THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR THAT?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WE
HAVE--
ONE, WE HAVE TO FIX THE SUPPLY
CHAIN ISSUE AND AGAIN, IT’S
EXTREMELY OVERREGULATED AND I
MEET WITH BUSINESSES BOTH IN MY
DISTRICT AND AROUND THE
COUNTRY, WHETHER IT’S TRUCK
DRIVERS, WHETHER IT’S
RESTAURANT OWNERS WHETHER IT’S
FACTORY WORKERS.
THEY ALL SAY THE NUMBER ONE
ISSUE IS THE OVERREACH AND
OVERREGULATION BY GOVERNMENT.
AGAIN, IF WE GET OUT OF THE
WAY, IF GOVERNMENT GETS OUT OF
THE WAY, AND STOPS
OVERREGULATING BUSINESSES THAT
QUITE FRANKLY WE KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT, IT WILL OPEN UP AND IT
WILL RELIEF PRESSURE ON THE
SUPPLY CHAIN, BUT WE HAVE TO
GET OUT OF THE WAY IN ORDER TO
DO THAT.
GRIFF: CONGRESSWOMAN, IN JUST
TIME 30 SECONDS OR SO WE’VE GOT
LEFT.
CHANGE TO ANOTHER TOPIC, THAT
IS WE’RE SEEING SOME 380
MARCHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN
REACTION TO THE LEAK ROE V.
WADE DECISION AND SEEING
PROTESTS AT JUSTICES’ HOMES.
NOW, YOU’VE HAD U.S. CODE
18-1507 THAT SAYS THAT’S
AGAINST THE LAW.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO THE
PROTESTS WE’RE SEEING AND THE
JUSTICE’S HOME?
>> IF THEY COULD TAKE THE
CONCEPT AND FOLLOW IT THROUGH,
IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO ME.
I MEAN, IT WOULD CATS AND DOGS
LIVING TOGETHER.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I BELIEVE
IN FREE SPEECH, AND THE
PROTESTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON
THE MALL IS EXACTLY WHERE THEY
NEED TO HAPPEN.
BUT WHEN IS THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT GOING TO STAND UP
AND ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE LAW?
WE’RE A LAND OF LAWS, IT SAYS
CLEARLY THAT YOU ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO INTIMIDATE A
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
AND THEY’RE PROTESTING OUTSIDE
THEIR HOMES.
AGAIN, IT’S RULES FOR THEE AND
NOT FOR ME.
WE NEED TO GO BACK TO FOLLOWING
THE RULE OF LAW.
FREE SPEECH IS WHAT THIS
COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED UPON.
SO, AGAIN, THE PROTESTS AT THE
MALL, THAT’S FANTASTIC.
BUT LET’S ACTUALLY KEEP IT TO
IN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE LAW.
GRIFF: AND WE HAVE A BIG ONE
HAPPENING DOWN ON THE MALL.