NEIL: WILD TIMING.
HILLARY VAUGHN, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
WE WANT TO GET KEVIN BRADY’S
THOUGHTS, TEXAS CONGRESSMAN,
HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
RANKING MEMBER.
HE WAS BEHIND THE INSPIRATION OF
BIG TAX CUTS THAT THE
REPUBLICANS HOPE TO TAKE ANOTHER
STAB IF THEY TAKE OVER IN THE
HOUSE.
HOPING TO DO THE SAME IN THE
SENATE.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN WE SHOW YOUR
HOUSE AND THE BACKDROP.
IT IS NOT A DISNEY BACK DROP.
IT IS ACTUALLY YOUR HOME.
>> IT IS OUR HOUSE.
NEIL: SO BEAUTIFUL, NORMAN
ROCKWELLIAN.
I LOVE IT.
GET YOUR TAKE, SOMETHING YOU DO
NOT LOVE, THESE REPORTS THAT WE
COULD BE TALKING TO VENEZUELA TO
REPLACE SOME OF THE OIL THAT
OPEC AND OPEC PLUS COUNTRIES
HAVE TAKEN AWAY.
THEY SAY THAT IS NOT GOING ON.
THERE ARE NO ACTIVE NEGOTIATIONS
GOING ON.
NOT CLEARLY REFUTING IT BUT WHAT
DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
>> SO I SUSPECT THERE ARE THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS GOING ON.
IT IS FRUSTRATE STRAIGHTING.
ONE, LIKE YOU I DON’T WANT TO
SEE OPEC CUT PRODUCTION BUT THIS
IS PRETTY PREDICTABLE.
JOE BIDEN’S GREEN NEW DEAL
POLICIES AND HIS LOW STANDING I
THINK AMONG COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD.
IT IS JUST FRUSTRATING WITH
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S THINKING,
AMERICAN ENERGY WORKERS IN THE
GULF COAST ARE THE ENEMY BUT
POTENTIALLY DICTATOR LIKE MADURO
WHO IS CRITICIZED KILLING AND
TORTURING HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES
COULD EVERYBODY AN ALLY, THE
PRESIDENT HAS GOT EVERYTHING
BACKWARDS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY OUR
FAMILIES AND WORKERS PAY A DEEP
PRICE FOR IT.
NEIL: I WONDER IF IT IS BIGGER
THAN THAT.
I DON’T WANT TO HAVE SINISTER
MOTIVATIONS FOR THINGS BUT THE
WHITE HOUSE TALKING ABOUT THERE
IS PLENTY OF OIL PRODUCTION,
LEASES PERMIT FOR THE INDUSTRY
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BUT THIS
COMES FROM THE SAME WHITE HOUSE
THAT HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT A
SHIFT AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS FOR
SOME TIME, QUOTING JOHN KERRY
HERE, THE ADMINISTRATION’S
CLIMATE ENVOY, ENERGY SECURITY
WORRY IS DRIVING A LOT OF
THOUGHTS THAT NOW WE NEED MORE
DRILLING OF GAS, WE NEED MORE
DRILLING OF OIL, WE NEED MORE
COAL.
HE GOES ON TO SAY, NO, WE DON’T.
WE ABSOLUTELY DON’T.
AGAIN I’M NOT AS SMART AS YOU
ARE, CONGRESSMAN BUT I WOULD
ANSWER THAT I THINK WE DO.
SO ARE THEY SAYING ONE THING AND
ACTUALLY REALLY AT THEIR CORE
PREACHING ANOTHER?
>> SO I’M HOPEFUL I WILL BEING
NEIL CAVUTO WHEN I GROW UP IN
INTELLIGENCE AND EVERYTHING
ELSE.
NEIL: THERE’S A GOAL.
>> YOU’RE, THAT’S TRUE.
PROBABLY OUGHT OF REACH BY THE
WAY.
YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
LOOK, THE PRESIDENT’S BEING SO
HYPOCRITICAL ABOUT THIS THE FACT
OF THE MATTER IS OUR AMERICAN
ENERGY INDUGS CITY WORKERS WANT
TO PRODUCE MORE.
EUROPE CONCEDED NUCLEAR ENERGY,
NATURAL GAS IS CLEAN ENERGY.
THIS WHITE HOUSE STILL FIGHTS
THAT NOTION.
AS A RESULT WE ARE VULNERABLE.
I JUST NOTICED IN ADDITION TO
NEGOTIATIONS OR DISCUSSIONS AT
LEAST, LET’S BE FAIR WITH
VENEZUELA, PRESIDENT,
WHITE HOUSE CONSIDERING LIMITING
ENERGY EXPORTS FROM THE U.S.
WHICH WOULD BE I THINK EVEN A
CRUELER BLOW FOR EUROPE AND OUR
ALLIES WHO ARE TRYING TO
WITHSTAND AND WITHDRAW FROM
RUSSIA’S ENERGY DEPENDENCE.
SO IT IS JUST FRUSTRATING TO SEE
THE PRESIDENT CONTINUE TO ATTACK
OUR ENERGY SOURCES MERE IN THE
U.S. WHILE REALLY, I THINK
CRIPPLING OUR ALLIES OVERSEAS.
ALL OF THIS IS A PREDICTABLE BUT
A DANGEROUS OUTCOME.
NEIL: ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN THE
ADMINISTRATION SAYS, YOU KNOW,
OIL IS BIG IN TEXAS AS WELL AS
YOU KNOW FAR BETTER THAN I.
>> YEAH.
NEIL: THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY
OFFERED ENOUGH FOR THE OIL
INDUSTRY TO PRODUCE TO THEIR
HEART’S CONTENT HERE, BUT WHEN I
HEAR GINA McCARTHY, NATIONAL
CLIMATE, YOU KNOW ENVOY,
REPRESENTATIVE IF YOU WILL,
QUOTING HER, LET ME ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION VERY DIRECTLY.
PRESIDENT BIDEN REMAINS
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO NOT
MOVING FORWARD WITH ADDITIONAL
DRILLING ON PUBLIC LANDS.
THAT IS A WHOLE SHOOTING WORKS HERE.
ON THE EXISTING, LEAGUES LEASES.
95% PRODUCTION RATE.
THAT IS NOT A PROBLEM.
LIMITED WHERE WE GET IT, RIGHT?
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO
HAVE IT BOTH WEIGHINGS.
JUST SPIN IT RAN ON KILLING OIL
AND GAS IN AMERICA.
THAT IS WHAT HE IS DOING.
TRYING TO CREATE APPEARANCES WE
NEED TO DO MORE HERE AT HOME.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE NOT
BUYING THIS.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
PERMITTING MATTERS.
BOTH THE FACT THEY ARE
CONSIDERING NO LEASES IN THE
GULF COAST.
THERE ARE REALLY NO PERMITS
BEING GRANTED AND REPUBLICANS
BELIEVE THE OPPOSITE.
WE SHOULD BE MAXIMIZING
AMERICA’S --
NEIL: I THINK YOU SAID IT BEST,
CONGRESSMAN. YOU SAID IT BRILLIANTLY EARLIER
YOU SAID IT BRILLIANTLY EARLIER
ON.
WHY WOULD YOU INVEST BILLIONS
FOR SOMETHING TAPPED OFF LESS THAN A DECADE.
THAN A DECADE.
IT IS NOT WORTH IT RIGHT.
>> FINANCIAL LIFELINES.
PUTTING PRESSURE AND BANKS,
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NOT TO
FUND INVESTMENTS IN OIL AND
NATURAL GAS.
THAT HAS BIG IMPACT AS WELL.
IF WE CAN’T FINANCE IT, YOU
CAN’T SEE A FUTURE FOR IT,
YOU’RE GOING TO INVEST LESS IN
IT.
THAT IS THE ENVIRONMENT WE HAVE.
ANY A PRO ENERGY PRESIDENT
COULD, PRO ENERGY HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES DO TURN THAT
AROUND.
NEIL: I THINK TO YOUR POINT, YOU
MENTIONED THE EUROPEAN EXAMPLE,
GERMANY LOOKING AT NUCLEAR AND
COLT.
FRANCE DOING THE SAME, MY
PEOPLE, ITALY THEY’RE WAY AHEAD
OF IT EXPLORING ANY AND ALL
OPTIONS.
IN OTHER WORDS THAT THEY’RE EVEN
IN A CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUSED
EUROPE, THEY’RE LOOKING AT
OPTIONS TO GET THEM OVER THIS
SERIOUS HUMP IN A HUMP THAT I
THINK THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED
COULD LAST FOR QUITE SOMETIME.
WHAT WOULD BE THE HARM WITH
BEING ALL IN ON EVERYTHING?
>> YOU KNOW I WOULD THINK THAT
MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
WE CAN GO TO THAT CLEANER, MORE
RENEWABLE FUTURE, HAVE A GOOD,
SMART TRANSITION, CREATE JOBS,
INNOVATION WHILE WE’RE DOING
THAT, SO WE DON’T HARM THE
ECONOMY. WHAT IS IRONIC AS WE WATCH HERE
WHAT IS IRONIC AS WE WATCH HERE
STRUGGLE, WE’RE SEEING.
HERE IS AMERICA UNDER JOE BIDEN
FOLLOWING EXACT SAME PATH.
IT BOGGLES YOUR MIND.
NEIL: HOW LONG DO YOU SEE THIS
GOING ON?
>> FOR A WHILE, AS LONG AS THE
PRESIDENT IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
WE’LL SEE THE LOW STANDING
AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU CAN SEE THE ATTACK ON
AMERICAN ENERGY.
I THINK A REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES IS GOING TO
CHANGE THAT EQUATION SOMEWHAT.
WITH THE POWER OF THE PURSE
WE’RE GOING TO INSIST ON DOING
MORE AMERICAN-MADE ENERGY AND
CUTTING THOSE PERMITS AND USING
THE POWER OF THE PURSE TO AS