ASTONISHED AS THE ACCUSATIONS
THE KINGDOM HAS ALIGNED ITSELF
WITH RUSSIA.
HOUSE MINORITY WHIP AND HOUSE
ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE
MEMBER STEVE SCALISE.
CONGRESSMAN, PLEASURE TO SEE
YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE THIS MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, ALWAYS GREAT TO
BE WITH YOU AS WELL.
MARIA: WHAT ARE ARE YOU EXPECTAT
FOR THE G20 AND WHAT SHOULD THE
UNITED STATES BE DOING REGARDING SAUDI ARABIA AND OPEC.
SAUDI ARABIA AND OPEC.
WE KNOW THAT JOE BIDEN WENT HAT
IN HAND TRY TO INCREASE
PRODUCTION AND TRIED TO DO IT
BEFORE MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND
THEY SAID NO.
>> AND MARIA, THIS IS LICK A
CHILDISH TEMPER TANTRUM THAT JOE
BIDEN IS HAVING BECAUSE HE PUT
SAUDI ARABIA AND THE OTHER OPEC
NATIONS IN A POSITION TO HAVE
MORE CONTROL OVER AMERICA’S
ECONOMY.
IT MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE AND
I KNOW YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT
ON THE LAST SEGMENT WITH MARK
SHOT.
THE BOTTOM LINE WHEN JOE BIDEN
DECIDED HE WAS GOING THE DECLARE
WAR ON AMERICAN ENERGY IT MADE
US MORE VULNERABLE TO COUNTRIES
LIKE SAUDI ARABIA, TO RUSSIA, TO
IRAN AND BY THE WAY SAUDI ARABIA
IS HELPING US STAND UP TO IRAN.
JOE BIDEN WON’T STAND UP ENOUGH
TO IRAN.
HE’S HELPING THEM GET A NUCLEAR
WEAPON.
HIS FOREIGN POLICY IS A DISASTER
BUT IT STARTED WITH THE FAILED
DOMESTIC POLICY.
HIS HORRIBLE ANTIENERGY POLICY
IN AMERICA NOT ONLY COSTING US
JOBS BUT IT’S THE REASON THAT
ENERGY COSTS HAVE SKYROCKETED
AND WHAT’S THE PRESIDENT’S
ANSWER, HE’S RATED OUR STRATEGIC
PETROLEUM RESERVE.
THEY’VE TAKEN ABOUT A THIRD MORE
THAN A THIRD OF OUR STRATEGIC
RESERVE TO TRY TO MASK BIDEN’S
FAILED POLICY ON ENERGY.
OPEN UP AMERICAN ENERGY.
IF HE CALLED THEM RIGHT NOW,
THEY DON’T HAVE TO FLY TO SAUDI
ARABIA 11,000 MILES ON AIR FORCE
ONE WITH THE CARBON FOOTPRINT,
WILL YOU OPEN UP THE SPIGOTS,
TALK TO ENERGY COMPANIES IN
AMERICA.
LY GET OUT OF YOUR WAY AND STOP
BLOCKING PIPELINES AND BIDEN
SHOULD STOP BLOCKING ALL OF THE
THINGS HE’S DONE ON PERMITTING
AND SAY LET’S PRODUCE MORE
AMERICAN ENERGY.
THE CLEANEST AND THE WORLD FOR
GOODNESS SAKE, MARIA.
HE SHUTS DOWN AMERICAN ENERGY
AND BEGS FOREIGN DICTATORS TO
PRODUCE AND WONDER WHY PRICES
ARE SO HIGH.
MARIA: INCREDIBLE STORY AND YOU
LAID OUT THINGS SO WELL.
IN TERMS OF OIL RESERVE, WE ARE
DOWN TO LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE
184.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CRISIS,
AN EMERGENCY STOCKPILE AND HE’S
SELLING IT CONSISTENTLY SO THAT
HE COULD KEEP OIL AND GASOLINE
PRICES AT -- AT LOU:ER LEVELS
GOING INTO THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS.
SO IT’S ALL THIS TRICK TO MAKE
THINGS LOOK ONE WAY BEFORE THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS SO THAT VOTERS
THINK ONE THING THAT’S ACTUALLY
NOT TRUE.
HE DID THE SAME THING WITH THE
RAIL STRIKE.
THE UNIONS TELLING THEM, OH, PUT
A PIN IN IT, DON’T, YOU KNOW,
DON’T SAY NO TO A DEAL YET UNTIL
AFTER THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS SO
THAT VOTERS DON’T KNOW WHAT’S
REALLY GOING ON.
WE ARE GO TO SPEAK WITH ONE OF
THOSE MEMBERS BUT YOU JUST
MENTIONED IRAN AND I WANT TO GO
BACK TO THAT COMMENT BECAUSE
IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT THE SAUDIS
ARE NOT GOING TO DO WHAT JOE
BIDEN WANTS.
LOOK WHAT JOE BIDEN IS DOING TO
THE SAUDIS.
THEY DON’T WANT AN IRAN NUCLEAR
DEAL AND WE ARE LOOKING AT WOMEN
IN THE STREET PROTESTING IN THE
STREET IN IRAN RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR THE DEATH
OF THE SUPREME LEADER.
WOULDN’T THIS BE A MOMENT IN
TIME FOR THE UNITED STATES TO
ALIGN WITH THE PEOPLE OF IRAN?
HOW COME WE ARE NOT HEARING ANY
COMMENT ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN
IRAN RIGHT NOW AND INSTEAD
DRIVING IRAN DEAL FORWARD AND
DOESN’T THAT STRENGTHEN THE HAND
OF IRANIAN LEADERSHIP. >> IT REALLY DOES, MARIA, IT’S
>> IT REALLY DOES, MARIA, IT’S
SO DISAPPOINTING TO WATCH, IT
INFURIATES AND --
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MARIA: YEAH, WE ARE HAVING A
LITTLE TROUBLE WITH YOUR -- WITH
YOUR SOUND, BUT I WANT TO JUST
GET LIZ PEEK HERE AND YOUR
OPINION, LIZ, ABOUT THE SAUDI’S
REACTION TO JOE BIDEN.
SHOULD WE BE SURPRISED.
HE PURSUED THE IRAN DEAL AND
STATED PUBLICLY AND LOUDLY THAT
THEY DON’T WANT IRAN TO GET
STRENGTHEN WITH AN IRENDEAL.
LIZ: SO, MARIA, I JUST THINK
THAT THIS IS THE BONE-HEADED
FOREIGN POLICY SNAFU OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND I’M REALLY
SHOCKED THAT IT’S BECOMING A
BIPARTISAN ATTACK ON SAUDI
ARABIA.
SAUDI ARABIA HAS BEEN FOR 80
YEARS AMERICA’S CHOICE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST.
AMERICA’S CHOICE IN THE SENSE
THAT THE OTHER CHOICE AND
THERE’S ONLY ONE IS BACKING
IRAN.
SO FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION, FROM
DAY ONE, THIS IS NOT A NEW THING
TO GO AFTER SAUDI ARABIA
BASICALLY INSULT MOHAMED BEN
SALMAN AND REFUSED TO TALK TO
HIM AND TAKEAWAY THE TERRORIST
DESIGNATION OF THE HOUTHIS, STOP
SENDING ARMS, ET CETERA.
IT’S RIDICULOUS AND THE UPSHOT
NOW IS YOU HAVE AN INSULTED HEAD
OF STATE WHICH IS DEFACTO WHAT
MOHAMMAD BIN SALMAN IS IN SAUDI
ARABIA AND BASICALLY DOING WHAT
HE THINKS IS IN THEIR BEST
INTEREST WHICH IS CUTTING OIL
PRICES AND THEY NEED TO MAINTAIN
REVENUE FOR VERY AMBITIOUS
BUILDING PROGRAM.
MARIA: THAT’S RIGHT.
>> THIS ISN’T HELPING BIDEN BUT
GUESS WHAT, HE HASN’T HELPED
HIMSELF.
MARIA: THAT’S SPOT ON AND STEVE
SCALISE AND GOES TO SAUDI ARABIA
AND GIVES MBS THE KNUCKLES
PUNCH, RIGHT?
LIZ: YEAH.
>> A LOT OF GOOD THAT DID TOO,
BY THE WAY.
THE FRENCH PRESIDENT TOLD HIM
BEFORE THE TRIP THAT THEY
WEREN’T GOING TO INCREASE
PRODUCTION AND YET HE FLEW THERE
ANYWAY.
HUMILIATING HIMSELF INSTEAD OF
JUST RECOGNIZING AMERICAN ENERGY
IS THE CLEANEST IN THE WORLD.
THESE GUYS LOVE BEATING UP ON
AMERICA.
THEN THEY TRY TO ALIGN THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE BECAUSE GET
ANGRY BECAUSE THEY ARE PAYING
HIGHER ENERGY COSTS OVER 60%
HIGHER.
WHY DON’T WE JUST OPEN UP
AMERICAN ENERGY AND SUPPORT
FREEDOM BY THE WAY, SUPPORT
IRANIANS WHO SEEK FREEDOM, HE
WON’T DO THAT EITHER.
MARIA: WELL, THIS IS DRIVING
VOTERS.
YOU’VE GOT 23 DAYS UNTIL THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS, YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES HAVE COME OUT WITH
THE COMMITMENT TO AMERICA.
WE’VE GOT NEW FOX NEWS POLLS
THIS MORNING AND VOTERS ARE
WATCHING.
I MEAN, THEY SHOW THAT 63% OF
REGISTERED AMERICANS DISAPPROVE
OF POLICY AND 43 ACTUALLY
APPROVING.
WE COULD SEE NEW ACTIONS FROM
THE ADMINISTRATION ON RISING
GASOLINE PRICES AND THE
PRESIDENT TEASED ANNOUNCEMENT AT
AN EVENT IN LOS ANGELES LAST
WEEK BUT WE ARE NOT EXPECTING
HIM TO OPEN UP THE SPIGOTS
THAT’S FOR SURE.
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO STOP THE
AGENDA SHOULD YOU TAKE THE
MAJORITY IN NOVEMBER?
>> YEAH, THAT’S WHY WE ROLLED
OUT THE COMMITMENT TO AMERICA TO
SHOW THE COUNTRY THERE’S A
BETTER WAY AND WE BUTT BOLD
CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES IN
PLACE, IF YOU GIVE US A
REPUBLICAN HOUSE MAJORITY, WE
WILL ACTUALLY START PUSHING BACK
ON THIS FAR-LEFT SOCIALISM WE
ARE SEEING FROM BIDEN.
THE AMERICAN VOTERS ARE SMARTER
THAN JOE BIDEN GIVES THEM CREDIT
FOR AND THEY RECOGNIZE REALLY
BAD POLICY WHEN THEY SEE IT.
FIRST OF ALL, STOP THE MADNESS.
MULTITRILLION DOLLARS SPENDING
BILLS, THAT’S WHAT’S DRIVING UP
INFLATION.
THE BIDEN-POLICY AGENDA.
STOP DOING THAT START PASSING
BILLS THROUGH THE HOUSE THAT
SHOW THE COUNTRY HOW TO PRODUCE
ENERGY IN AMERICA AT LOWER COSTS
FOR FAMILIES.
HOW TO DEAL WITH INFLATION SO
YOU CAN LOWER COSTS FOR FAMILIES
AND HOW TO SECURE OUR BORDER AND
ALSO HOW TO SECURE COMMUNITIES,
CRIME IS OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE
DEMOCRATS LIKE BIDEN, PELOSI,
HAVE EMBRACED THE DEFUND POLICE
MOVEMENT AS WELL AS CASHLESS
BAIL, CRAZY IDEA THAT’S RECKING
CITIES ALL ACROSS AMERICA.
MARIA: LEE ZELDIN DONE YESTERDAY
TOLD ME IF HE WINS, HE’S GOING
TO DECLARE A CRIME EMERGENCY IN
NEW YORK AND TEMPORARILY STOP