ON SOLUTIONS.
PETER JUST TALKED ABOUT
PRESIDENT BIDEN PROPOSING THAT
GAS TAX HOLIDAY.
CRITICS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE
POLITICAL AISLE SAY THAT’S NOT
GOING TO GO ANYWHERE.
>> IT IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF
THIS ADMINISTRATION’S FAILURE
ON AN ISSUE THAT IS
FUNDAMENTAL TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
IT’S ANOTHER GIMMICK AND
BAND-AID AND SOMETHING THEY
KNOW IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL UP HERE
IN CONGRESS.
>> Harris: THE "WALL STREET
JOURNAL" EDITORIAL BOARD CALLED
IT A HOLIDAY FROM REALITY.
NOW COMES THE MOST FEEBLE
EFFORT SO FAR THE SPEND THE
18.4 CENT SUSPEND IT FOR THREE
MONTHS.
VOTERS EVERY TIME THEY FILL UP
THE TANK IT IRRITATES THEM
DURING THE SUMMER DRIVING
SEASON.
HAS THERE EVER BEEN A MORE
TRANSPARENTLY CYNICAL VOTE
BUYING POLICY EXERCISE?
YES, WE FORGOT STUDENT LOAN
CANCELLATION.
THAT’S A QUOTE IN THE "WALL
STREET JOURNAL." A "NEW YORK
POST" OP-ED WITH THE TITLE.
JOE BIDEN LOWERING GAS PRICES
IS AS LIKELY AS A PURPLE COW ON
THE MOON.
YEAH.
ELISE STEFANIK FROM NEW YORK,
CHAIR OF THE REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE AND MEMBER OF THE
ARMED SERVICES AND INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEES.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU IF "FOCUS."
THE PRESIDENT.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CAUGHT IT
WITH PETER DOOCY, THE FEDERAL
OFF SHORE WIND IMPLEMENTATION
GROUP IS WHERE HE IS GOING AT
3:15.
ARE WE SHOCKED?
>> NO, UNFORTUNATELY NOT.
A PRESIDENT WHEN HE WAS A
CANDIDATE HE TALKED ABOUT
MOVING TOWARD THE GREEN NEW
DEAL WHICH IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH
HARD WORKING AMERICANS.
I WILL TELL YOU, HARRIS, MY
CONSTITUENTS I REPRESENT A
RURAL DISTRICT IN UPSTATE NEW
YORK, THE NORTH COUNTRY.
A TYPICAL COMMUTE CAN BE AN
HOUR EACH WAY.
THEY ARE GETTING GUTTED.
THEIR BUDGETS ARE HURTING SO
MUCH WHEN IT COMES TO JOE
BIDEN’S WAR ON AMERICAN ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS TAKEN
EVERY STEP POSSIBLE, WHICH HAS
LED TO THE SKYROCKETING AND
DOUBLING THE COST OF GAS AT THE
PUMP.
THIS GAS TAX LIFT, THIS IS JUST
A BAND-AID.
SENATOR THUNE WAS RIGHT.
IT WON’T SOLVE THE PROBLEM,
WHICH IS JOE BIDEN APPEASING
THE RADICAL LEFT TRYING TO MOVE
AWAY FROM OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
WHICH BY THE WAY ARE CLEANER
THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
SO WE NEED TO UNLEASH AMERICAN
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
WE ALLOW LEASES, ALLOW PERMITS
AND THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE.
HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILL RUN ON
AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.
>> Harris: IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO HEAR THAT OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE HARD
WORK AND THE INNOVATION THAT
AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCERS PUT
OUT.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CLEANNESS
OF IT ALL.
WE DON’T SAY THAT ENOUGH.
WE’RE SPECIAL.
WE CAN DO THIS.
I WANT TO GET TO THIS.
CRITICS RIPPING THE PRESIDENT
FOR THESE COMMENTS ON GAS
STATION OWNERS.
THIS WAS YESTERDAY,
CONGRESSWOMAN.
>> President Biden: MY MESSAGE
IS SIMPLE.
TO THE COMPANIES RUNNING GAS
STATIONS AND SETTING THOSE
PRICES AT THE PUMP, THIS IS A
TIME OF WAR.
BRING DOWN THE PRICE YOU ARE
CHARGING AT THE PUMP TO REFLECT
THE COSTS YOU ARE PAYING FOR
THE PRODUCT.
DO IT NOW.
DO IT TODAY.
YOUR CUSTOMERS, THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, THEY NEED RELIEF NOW.
>> Harris: HOWEVER, THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE NATION’S GAS
RETAILERS ARE MOM AND POP
OPERATIONS.
ACCORDING TO AAA MANY OF THEIR
PROFIT MARGINS ARE VERY TINY.
2 TO 3 PENNIES A GALLON.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
YET AGAIN THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES PASSING THE BUCK
WHETHER IT’S INFLATION,
SKYROCKETING GAS PRICES, THE
CRIME CRISIS OR BORDER CRISIS.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO DOES
NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR HIS ABJECT FAILURES.
WE HAVE UNIFIED FAR LEFT
DEMOCRAT GOVERNMENT IN
WASHINGTON AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING BECAUSE OF
THEIR FAILED POLICIES.
SO WHETHER IT’S JOE BIDEN
FALSELY BLAMING PUTIN FOR
INFLATION, BLAMING OIL AND GAS
COMPANIES FOR HIS ENERGY
FAILURES FROM HIS
ADMINISTRATION.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN SEE
RIGHT THROUGH IT AND WHY WE ARE
SEEING HISTORIC SUPPORT AND IT
IS WHY WE JUST FLIPPED A
DISTRICT IN TEXAS THAT HAD BEEN
DEMOCRAT FOR NEARLY 100 YEARS
AND WE WON IT WITH FLORES, THE
NEWEST ELECTED REPUBLICAN
MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
SO WE -- REPUBLICANS WILL
CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON ENERGY
INDEPENDENCE AND REINING IN
INFLATION AND HOLDING THE
ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE.
>> Harris: I WANT TO GET
INSIGHT INFORMATION FROM YOU IN
THE HOUSE.
NANCY PELOSI DIDN’T EMBRACE THE
PRESIDENT’S GAS TAX HOLIDAY.
WE SAW IT ALSO FROM CHUCK
SCHUMER.
MAYBE THEY ARE STANDING ON THE
SIDELINES FOR POLITICAL REASONS
OR MAYBE SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THE 18 CENTS WON’T MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IF GAS GOES UP AND
UP.
>> YOU KNOW, MY POSITION ON
THAT IS WE’LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT
SPEAKER PELOSI AND CHUCK
SCHUMER INTEND TO DO. I THINK BOTH ARE SEEING THAT
I THINK BOTH ARE SEEING THAT
THIS PRESIDENT, IF YOU LOOK AT
HIS A ---THEY ARE PLAYING
POLITICS WITH THIS.
THEY HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF TO
PUT DOWN LEGISLATION TO
INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO FOCUS
ON AMERICAN ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
AND FAILED TO DO SO OR FAILED
TO HOST HEARINGS AND CONTINUING
TO PASS THE BUCK.
WE’LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS
OUT.
MY ASSESSMENT OF SPEAKER PELOSI
SHE USUALLY APPEASES THE
RADICAL LEFT.
>> Harris: WE’LL LEAVE IT THERE.
CONGRESSWOMAN STEFANIK OF NEW
YORK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
IN "FOCUS."
>> THANK YOU.
>> Harris: I CAN’T LET YOU GO.
I CAN’T.
THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT’S
COMING UP HAVING TO DO WITH THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT.
FORGIVE ME.
WE HAD A RULING COME DOWN TODAY
WHICH AFFECTS YOUR STATE AND
ALSO WHAT AFFECTS ALL OF US IS
TRYING TO PROTECT THE
CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT
JUSTICES LIKE JUSTICE KAVANAUGH.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO
KILL JUSTICE KAVANAUGH PLEADED
NOT GUILTY AT A COURT
APPEARANCE YESTERDAY.
THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE
MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF THREATS
FOLLOWING THE LEAKED U.S.
SUPREME COURT DRAFT OPINION ON
ROE V. WADE.
WE’RE AWAITING THE ACTUAL
DECISION.
RADICAL PRO-ABORTION GROUP
JANE’S REVENGE CLAIMS
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACKS
ON PRO-LIFE GROUPS AND THREATS
DECLARING OPEN SEASON ON THEM
ALLOWING -- VOWING A RIOT IF
THE COURT OVERTURNS ROE.
LET’S WATCH.
>> THEY’VE BEEN DISTRIBUTING
FLYERS DECLARING THERE ARE BE
RIOTING IF ROE IS OVERTURNED.
>> IT HAS NO PLACE IN OUR
COUNTRY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
AND THE PRESIDENT DENOUNCES
THIS ACTION.
>> Harris: THE WHITE HOUSE
DENOUNCED THE GROUP.
SO FAR NO ACTION AGAINST IT.
CONGRESSWOMAN STEFANIK, YOUR
RESPONSE.
>> LET’S BE CLEAR.
PRESIDENT BIDEN, HIS WHITE
HOUSE AND CHUCK SCHUMER FUELED
THE FLAMES OF THE VIOLENT
ATTACKS.
IT TOOK MULTIPLE DAYS AND OVER
A WEEK FOR THIS CONDEMNATION.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY HEINOUS THAT
THERE ARE GROUPS TARGETING
PREGNANCY CRISIS CENTERS AND
PRO-LIFE GROUPS VIOLENTLY GOING
AFTER SUPREME COURT JUSTICES,
INCLUDING AN ASSASSINATION
ATTEMPT ON JUSTICE KAVANAUGH.
THIS PRESIDENT AND EVERY
ELECTED OFFICIAL NEEDS TO BE
CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO
TOLERANCE FOR ANY POLITICAL
VIOLENCE IN THIS COUNTRY.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE HISTORIC
SUPREME COURT CASE TODAY,
HARRIS, BECAUSE I’M FROM THE
STATE NEW YORK.
THIS IS A WIN FOR THE
CONSTITUTION AND LAW ABIDING
GUN OWNERS AND MY CONSTITUENTS
AND A WIN FOR THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE
HEARD FROM THE SUPREME COURT
THAT WHEN IT COMES TO SECOND
AMENDMENT RIGHTS THESE ARE
INAILABLE RIGHTS NOT BESTOWED
BY GOVERNMENT BUT NATIONAL
RIGHTS.
IN MY DISTRICT WE SEE AN
INCREASE IN FIRST-TIME GUN
PURCHASES BECAUSE OF
SKYROCKETING CRIME.
I WAS PROUD TO HELP SHEPHERD
THIS CASE THROUGH SIGNING THE
AMICUS BRIEF AND PLEASED WITH
THE DECISION TODAY.
>> Harris: GOVERNOR HOCHUL IS
POLITICALLY FLEXING AND SAY NEW
YORK WILL PUT UP A FIGHT.
YOU ARE IN NEW YORK.
WHERE IS THE FIGHT COMING FROM?
WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE FROM
HOCHUL?
>> SHE IS RUNNING AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE TO THE LEFT.
SHE HAS EMBRACED THE FAR LEFT
GUN CONTROL MOVEMENT.
WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS
WHEN KATHY HOCHUL SERVED IN THE
HOUSE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES
SHE WAS AT THAT TIME A MODERATE.
SHE WAS A PRO-SECOND AMENDMENT
LEGISLATOR AT THAT TIME.
NOW THAT SHE IS FACING A
CONTESTED DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
SHE IS GOING TO GO AS RADICAL
AS POSSIBLE.
THAT’S OUT OF TOUCH WITH
EVERYDAY NEW YORKERS.
IN MY DISTRICT PEOPLE SUPPORT
SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
AN ISSUE I RUN ON SUCCESSFULLY
AND I THINK KATHY HOCHUL WILL
STRUGGLE IN HER REELECTION THIS
NOVEMBER BECAUSE OF THIS CRIME
SKYROCKETING WE HAVE SEEN.
PEOPLE HAVE A RIGHT TO
SELF-DEFENSE AND HAVE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOR
SECOND AMENDMENT.
WE’LL HAVE TO SEE HOW FAR TO
THE LEFT KATHY HOCHUL GOES.
>> Harris: THANK YOU FOR
LETTING US GET TO THE REST OF