STUART: THIS IS AN OP-ED AND
I’LL READ IT FOR YOU.
STOP BIDEN’S WAR ON OIL GAS,
FIGHT PUTIN BY MAKING U.S.
EUROPE ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
HOUSE MINORITY WHIP STEVE
SCALISE WROTE THAT AND HE JOINS
ME NOW.
CONGRESSMAN I’M WITH YOU ALL THE
WAY.
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
WE SHOULD BE PRODUCING OUR OWN
OIL & GAS.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS DO YOU
THINK WE’LL EVER ACTUALLY DO
THAT?
WILL BIDEN EVER ACTUALLY DO IT?
>> WELL, STUART, I THINK YOU’RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW THE PRESSURE
BUILDING INTENSELY AS FAMILIES
ARE PAYING OVER $6 A GALLON FOR
GASOLINE, I MEAN, PEOPLE GET
IRATE WHEN THEY SEE THE
PRICE AT THE PUMP GO
OVER $100 AND THEY ARE STILL
JUST HALF WAY THROUGH FILLING UP
THEIR CAR AND THE ONLY ANSWER
YOU GET FROM THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS WELL, GO BUY
AN ELECTRIC CAR, OR SOMEBODY
ELSE’S FAULT OR THE DOG ATE
YOUR HOMEWORK.
PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH THE
EXCUSES.
THEY KNOW BIDEN IS NOT DRILLING
ON FEDERAL LAND.
HE TALKED ABOUT IT AS A
CANDIDATE AND HE SAID HE WAS
GOING TO SHUT OFF THE ABILITY
FOR AMERICAN OIL & GAS
PRODUCTION, AND SO HE’S BEGGING
DICTATORS, HE WAS BEGGING PUTIN
TO PRODUCE MORE OIL, NOW HE’S
BEGGING WHETHER IT’S IRAN,
VENEZUELA.
STOP BEGGING DICTATORS FOR MORE
OIL WHEN THE ANSWER IS UNDER OUR
FEET HERE IN AMERICA.
WE CAN LOWER GAS PRICES AND
TAKEAWAY PUTIN’S LEVERAGE TO
FUND THIS WAR IN UKRAINE.
STUART: I THINK WE’RE BEING HELD
HOSTAGE BY
THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS.
THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL NOT
LET US GO AND GET OUR OWN OIL
AND NAT GAS, DESPITE WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN THE MARKETPLACE AND
PRICES.
I THINK WE’RE HELD HOSTAGE, I
THINK THE DEMOCRAT PARTIES HELD
HOSTAGE AND I’M VERY SURPRISED
AT THAT, BECAUSE THERE’S AN
ELECTION COMING.
>> YEAH, STUART.
YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT CLEARLY
IS HELD HOSTAGE, SPEAKER PELOSI,
ALL THESE PEOPLE HIDE BEHIND THE
GREEN NEW DEAL AND GLOBAL
WARMING AND ALL THIS STUFF, THEY
ACT AS IF CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE
REASON WE SHOULDN’T BE DRILL
ING AND THEN THEY GO BEG
DICTATORS TO DRILL MORE OIL IN
COUNTRIES WHERE THEY EMIT MORE
CARBON THAN IF WE MADE IT IN
AMERICA.
YOU ACTUALLY REDUCE CARBON
EMISSIONS IF YOU MADE IT IN
AMERICA INSTEAD OF SOME OF THESE
OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE RUSSIA,
LIKE IRAN, LIKE VENEZUELA, THAT
DON’T HAVE THE STANDARDS WE DO,
SO THEY LOVE BEATING UP ON
AMERICA, BUT THEN THEY TURN
AROUND QUIETLY AND GO AND
BEG FOR THE OIL FROM COUNTRIES
THAT DO THINGS DRAMATICALLY
WORSE AND LOOK AT PUTIN RIGHT
NOW.
HE’S INCREASED HIS SALES BY 30%
OF OIL TO EUROPE RIGHT NOW,
BECAUSE EUROPE USED TO BE ABLE
TO GET MORE FROM US.
WE WERE EXPORTING OIL FROM OUR
FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD.
WE’RE NOT RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO CUTOFF PUTIN’S SUPPLY
OF OIL.
HE’S GETTING OVER $700 MILLION A
DAY TO FINANCE THIS WAR IN
UKRAINE AND THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH IT.
BIDEN IS IGNORING THE PROBLEM
THINKING HE CAN BLAME HIS WAY
OUT OF IT WHEN PEOPLE KNOW THE
ANSWER IS RIGHT HERE IN
AMERICA AND THEY ARE LIVID ABOUT
IT.
STUART: WHAT ARE YOUR
CONSTITUENTS SAYING TO YOU?
DO ANY OF THEM SAY WELL ITS
PUTIN’S WAR, IT’S PUTIN’S FAULT.
THERE ARE SOME CONSTITUENTS
SAYING THAT TO YOU, I PRESUME.
>> WELL NOBODY LIKES WHAT PUTIN
IS DOING IN UKRAINE, BUT WHEN
BIDEN TRIES TO BLAME EVERYBODY
ELSE UNDER THE SUN AND YOU KNOW,
YOU’VE GOT PETE BUTTIGIEG AS
TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY
GIVING MARIE ANTOINETTE MOMENT
SAYING LET THEM EAT CAKE, OH,
JUST GO BUY AN ELECTRIC CAR,
WHICH COSTS MONEY, GOOD LUCKY IF
YOU WAIT IN LINE MAYBE SIX
MONTHS TO GET IT ORDERED BECAUSE
OF THE BAG LOG WITH THE SUPPLY
CHAIN THAT HIS AGENCY HAS FAILED
TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
KNOW THAT’S LUNACY AND THEY SAY
WELL WHY AREN’T YOU JUST DRILL
ING IN AMERICA?
IT’LL CREATE JOBS BY THE WAY BUT
IT WOULD ALSO TAKEAWAY
DEPENDENCE ON OIL FROM THESE
DICTATORS AROUND THE WORLD.
STOP FUNDING COUNTRIES LIKE
RUSSIA WHO ARE USING THIS MONEY
TO GO AND KILL PEOPLE IN UKRAINE
ZELENSKYY GAVE AN INCREDIBLE
PLEA.
HE JUST WANTS THE ABILITY TO
DEFEND HIS COUNTRY.
BIDEN CAN’T EVEN FIGURE THAT OUT
BIDEN WON’T HELP GET THE MIGS
FROM POLAND TO UKRAINE WHEN
ZELENSKYY IS BEGGING HIM FOR IT.
I MEAN, LIVES ARE BEING LOST.
MATERNITY WARDS ARE BEING BOMBED
, JUST LET US CONTROL THE
SKY AND BIDEN CAN’T EVEN DO
THAT.
STUART: GOT IT.
STEVE SCALISE, CONGRESSMAN,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING