>> OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN PRETTY
STEADFAST WHICH HAS BEEN ON
TAKING EVERY STEP TO ENSURE
MARKETS ARE SUFFICIENTLY
SUPPLIED TO MEET DEMAND FOR A
GROWING GLOBAL ECONOMY AND WE
HAVE SEEN ENERGY PRICES HAVE
DECLINED AND AMERICAN CONSUMERS
ARE PAYING FAR LESS AT THE PUMP.
MARIA: THAT WAS WHITE HAD HOUSE
PRESS SECRETARY KARINE
JEAN-PIERRE AFTER BEING ASKED IF
THE WHITE HOUSE IS WORRIED ABOUT
OPEC PLUS CUTTING PRODUCTION
TOMORROW WHICH WOULD SEND PRICES
HIGHER, GASOLINE PRICES ARE ON
THE RISE AHEAD OF THE MIDTERM
ELECTIONS.
TODAY’S NATIONAL AVERAGE PER
GALLON HITTING $3.80 A GALLON.
JOINING ME NOW IS OHIOS
CONGRESSMAN WARREN DAVIDSON.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THIS WHITE HOUSE CONTINUES TO
TALK ABOUT GASOLINE PRICE AS IF
IT’S THE PEOPLE WHO COULD
ACTUALLY MOVE THEM ARE THE WHITE
HOUSE OR OIL COMPANIES, RATHER
THAN SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
YOUR REACTION TO THAT FROM
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE YESTERDAY.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT SHOWS THE
FALLACY THAT YOU CAN SOMEHOW
DEPLETE THE STRATEGIC PEE
PETROLEUM RESERVE AND --
PETROLEUM RESERVE AND PUT A DENT
IN THE LONG-TERM PRICE OF OIL.
THEY’VE DONE A GIMMICK WHERE
IT’S BEEN STRATEGICALLY BAD,
DEPLETING THE STRATEGIC STRATEGI
PETROLEUM RESERVE.
THE MARKETS REACT DIFFERENTLY
AND UNFORTUNATELY WE’RE SEEING
OPEC REIN IN SUPPLY SO I DON’T
KNOW IF JOE BIDEN’S GOING TO
TAKE ANOTHER TRIP TO SAUDI
ARABIA AND PLEAD FOR MORE
PRODUCTION AGAIN OR NOT BUT I
HOPE HAD THAT WE START TAKING
THE STRATEGIC BE PETROLEUM
RESERVE SERIOUSLY.
MARIA: I THINK YOU MAKE A
REALLY GOOD POINT IN BRINGING UP
THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE.
WE’RE AT PAINING ’ -- DANGEROUSL
LOW LEVELS RIGHT NOW.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE FOR CRISES AND EMERGENCIES,
MEANWHILE HE’S SELLING OIL TO
CHINA.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
HE’S NOT USED IT FOR A STRATEGIC
PURPOSE.
HIS OWN ACTIONS, THE ACTION OF
THE STATE DEPARTMENT FROM LAST
YEAR IN AFGHANISTAN UP TO THIS
MOMENT IN UKRAINE AND ELSEWHERE
AROUND THE WORLD HAVE MADE THE
UNITED STATES MORE STRATEGICALLY
VULNERABLE A THAN WHEN HE TOOK
OFFICE AND SO TO SEE HIM WASTE A
RESOURCE LIKE THAT REALLY TO
KIND OF PRETEND HE’S HE’S DOING
SOMETHING ON PRICES, I THINK
IT’S GOING TO BE EXPOSED AHEAD
OF THE ELECTION BUT EITHER WAY
ITS WAS ALWAYS JUST A SHORT-TERM
PLOY AND IT’S EXPENSIVE AND
HOPEFULLY WE DON’T GET EXPOSED
BY THE WEAKNESS STRATEGICALLY.
MARIA: LOOK, LET’S TALK ABOUT
THE ELECTIONS FOR A MOMENT
BECAUSE YOUR FELLOW COLLEAGUE,
OHIO CONGRESSMAN MIKE TURNER
JOINED ME ON SUNDAY MORNING
FUTURES OVER THE WEEKEND AND HE
TOLD ME HE IS EXPECTING THE GOP
TO WIN THE HOUSE BUT WHEN YOU
GET THE MAJORITY AT THE END OF
THE YEAR THE DEMOCRATS HAVE TO
COME UP WITH A NEW SPENDING BILL
BECAUSE THEY’VE ONLY APPROVED A
CONTINUING RESOLUTION SO THAT
THE GOVERNMENT IS FUNDED ONLY
UNTIL DECEMBER 16th.
ONCE DECEMBER 16th ROLLS
AROUND HE’S TALKING ABOUT WHAT
HE’S CALLING THE WILD, WILD WEST
OF SPENDING.
HERE’S MIKE TURNER.
WATCH THIS.
>> SO IF THE REPUBLICANS WIN
THE HOUSE, I FORESEE A WILD,
WILD WEST IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE
THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO TRY
TO PASS EVERY BILL AND SPENDING
PROJECT THEY POSSIBLY CAN BEFORE
THE END OF THE YEAR AND THE
SENATE IS INHERENTLY A HORSE
TRADING GROUP SO THEY’RE GOING
OF TO SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY
ALSO THE TO HE GET THROUGH A BUN
OF.
OF THINGS THEY’VE BEEN WAITING.
MARIA: SO WHAT KIND OF A DIRTY
TRICK IS THIS, CONGRESSMAN?
IS THAT WHY YOU ALL APPROVED A
CONTINUING RESOLUTION UNTIL
DECEMBER 16th SO THAT THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS
TO JAM IN MORE SPENDING BEFORE
THEY’RE FORCED TO GIVE UP THE
GAVEL?
>> WELL, THAT’S WHY THE PEOPLE
THAT VOTED FOR IT JAMMED IT
THROUGH.
LET’S BE CLEAR.
I DIDN’T VOTE FOR THAT.
BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, IF THEY WERE
PROUD OF WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO
DO THEY WOULD DO IT AHEAD OF THE
ELECTION AND CAMPAIGN ON IT.
THEY’RE PUTTING IT OUT THERE
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE POLICIES
AREN’T POPULAR, AREN’T WORKING.
THE DEMOCRATS HAVE ONE SOLUTION
TO EVERY PROBLEM AND IT’S MORE
GOVERNMENT.
CLEARLY THAT’S NOT WORKING.
NANCY PELOSI JUST EARLIER IN THE
YEAR SAID WE COULD SPEND OUR WAY
OUT OF INFLATION AND SOMEHOW
SPENDING IS LOWERING DEBT.
WE KNOW THAT’S FALSE AND
OBVIOUSLY THE EVIDENCE IS IN.
IT’S NOT WORKING AT ALL.
IT’S GROWING OUR DEBT AND IT’S
DRIVING INFLATION AND IT’S ONLY
GOING TO GET WORSE COME
DECEMBER.
MARIA: I MEAN, YOU’RE ON THE
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE.
DO YOU THINK WE’RE IF IN
RECESSION?
DO YOU THINK THE MACRO STORY
GETS WORSE FROM HERE?
YOU HAVE JOE BIDEN DECLARING THE
PANDEMIC IS OVER AND YET ARMY
SOLDIERS ARE SEEKING A RELIGIOUS
EXEMPTION TO THE VACCINE MANDATE
ARE BEING PUNISHED, INCLUDING
BEING STOPPED FROM OFF BASE
TRAVEL, HAVING PROMOTIONS
HALTED, DAYS AFTER THE ARMY SAID
IT MISSED THE RECRUITING GOAL BY
25%, MAKING 2022 THE WORST ON
RECORD IN NEARLY 50 YEARS,
CONGRESSMAN.
YOU WERE AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY.
YOUR REACTION TO THIS?
>> LOOK, JOE BIDEN’S BEEN BAD
FOR OUR COUNTRY IN SO MANY WAYS.
BUT HE’S BEEN UNINSPIRING FOR
OUR MILITARY.
MY NOMINEES WHO SEEK SERVICE
ACADEMY APPOINTMENTS ARE DOWN
MORE THAN 20%.
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THEIR PARENTS
SAYING WOULD YOU STILL JOIN THE
MILITARY?
WOULD YOU STILL GO GO TO WEST
POINT?
I SAY ABSOLUTELY I WOULD.
BUT BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU’RE
CONCERNED.
PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO JOIN A WOKE
MILITARY, DON’T WANT TO JOIN AND
SERVE FOR A COMMANDER THEY IN
CHIEF WANTS TO FUNDAMENTALLY
REMAKE AMERICA AND HAVE THE
MILITARY FOCUSED ON EVERYTHING
BUT ITS CORE MISSION AND
MEANWHILE THEY’RE USING VACCINE
STATUS AND EVERY OTHER WAY TO
DIVIDE OUR COUNTRY TO KICK
PEOPLE OUT OF THE MILITARY.
CONGRATULATE COAST GUARD PEOPLE
FOR RESPONDING IN FLORIDA AND
THEN DAYS LATER KICKING SOME OF
THE SAME PEOPLE THAT WERE BEING
CONSISTENT T GRATCONGRATULATED O
THESE ARE YOUNG, FIT, HEALTHY
PEOPLE.
IT’S HURTING READINESS AND
MORALE AND AFFECTING RECRUITING.
I THINK WE HAVE TO CHANGE COURSE
HERE AND IF JOE BIDEN CAN SAY
THE EMERGENCY’S OVER IT’S TIME
FOR HIM TO RELINQUISH THE
EMERGENCY AUTHORITY AND THAT
WOULD BE A BIG WAY TO GET
EVERYBODY BACK TO WORK AS WELL.
MARIA: CONGRESSMAN, WE’LL BE
WATCHING THAT.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE