SOME OF THE HIGHEST POVERTY
RATES IN THE U.S.
JOINING ME NOW OHIO CONGRESSMAN
BILL JOHNSON, MEMBER OF THE
ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE.
CONGRESSMAN, GREAT TO SEE YOU
THIS MORNING AND THIS TAX
FOUNDATION DATA IS REALLY
DISTURBING.
YOU HAVE THE IDEA THAT THESE 13
STATES.
I MEAN, IF IT’S IN HAWAII, IT
CAN BE $1,100 THAT THEY’LL BE
PAYING IN EXTRA, PENNSYLVANIA
MAYBE IT’S $300.
NOW YOU HAVE STATE AG’S SEVERAL
THAT ARE THREATENING TO SUE OVER
STUDENT BAILOUT.
YOUR REACTION?
>> WE ALREADY KNOW THAT IT’S
LIKELY THAT IS THIS IS AND
ILLEGAL ACTION BY THE PRESIDENT
BUT SO DEEPLY CYNICAL THAT HE
WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS ONE
WITHOUT THE CONSULTING WITH
CONGRESS, WITHOUT GETTING
CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL AND ALSO,
YOU KNOW, THIS IS -- THIS IS
BEING DONE LIKE 90 DAYS OUT FROM
AN ELECTION.
THIS IS -- THIS IS ESSENTIALLY USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO TRY
USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO TRY AND BUY VOTES BY MAKING
AND BUY VOTES BY MAKING
BLUE-COOLERCOLLAR WORKERS.
CHERYL: WE WILL SEE IF THEY DO.
YOU’RE ON COMMERCE BUT ALSO ON
ENERGY COMMITTEE.
I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THIS, WE
ARE SEEING A REAL CHANGE IN THE
ENERGY MARKET.
YOU HAVE DIESEL FUEL HEATING OIL
SUPPLIES DANGEROUSLY LOW IN THE
NORTHEAST, WE ARE IN SUMMER NOW
BUT WE ARE GOING INTO WINTER.
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,
INVENTORY IS 63% BELOW 5-YEAR
AVERAGE JUST IN NEW ENGLAND.
58% BELOW THE SAME AVERAGE FOR
MARYLAND TO NEW YORK.
I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO
THAT PLUS WE ARE ALSO SEEING
THAT OVER 20 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS
ARE BEHIND ON UTILITY BILLS.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A
SELF-INFLICTED WOUND AS WELL.
WITH ENERGY COSTS GOING UP, WITH
SHORTAGES OF DIESEL AND HEATING
OIL IN THE NORTHEAST, REMEMBER,
THESE ARE AREAS THAT DO NOT
ALLOW PIPELINES, THEY DON’T WANT
TO HEAT THEIR HOMES AND COOL
THEIR HOMES AND COOK THEIR FOOD
WITH NATURAL GAS SO THEY ARE
DEPENDENT UPON THE HEATING OIL
AND DIESEL FUELS FOR SURVIVAL.
AND IF WE HAVE A VERY COLD
WINTER, THIS IS GOING TO BE BAD
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE
NORTHEAST.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS ALREADY HAPPEN
IN EUROPE.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WOULD LEARN THAT
LESSON BY SEEING WHAT’S HAPPEN
THERE BUT IT DOESN’T SEEM TO BE
RESONATING WITH THEM.
JOE: CONGRESSMAN, JOE CONCHA IN
CALIFORNIA THEY WILL EVENTUALLY
BE MOVING NOT IN TOO DISTANT
FUTURE, 2030’s, WHERE YOU CAN
ONLY BUY AN ELECTRIC CAR.
PARTICULARLY LOS ANGELES, SAN
FRANCISCO HAS TONS OF TRAFFIC, I
JUST DON’T SEE HOW THIS COULD
WORK.
IS THIS MORE SYMBOLISM MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE?
>> IT HAS TO BE MORE SYMBOLISM
BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY
ARE DOING BY -- BY TAKING THIS
POSITION, THEY ARE MAKING US
MORE DEPENDENT ON SOME OF THE
MOST EVIL PEOPLE OH IN THE WORLD
BECAUSE WHERE DO MATERIALS COME
FROM, A LOT OF IT COMES FROM
CHINA.
THE MINERALS, THE CRITICAL EARTH
RARE EARTH MINERALS THAT WE USE
TO MAKE BATTERY TECHNOLOGY.
WE ARE NOT MINING IT IN AMERICA
FOR SOME OF THE SAME REASON THAT
IS THEY’VE SHUT DOWN FOSSIL FUEL
DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS IS -- IT JUST SIMPLY IS
NOT GOING TO WORK.
OUR ENERGY GRID IS NOT SET UP
FOR IT AND OUR APPLY CHAINS
AREN’T SET UP FOR IT.
THIS IS -- THIS IS A RUES.
IT’S NOT GOING TO WORK.
CHERYL: BEFORE I LET YOU GO, I
WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT PRIME TIME
SPEECH FROM THURSDAY FROM
PRESIDENT BIDEN, HE WILL BE IN
PHILADELPHIA, SUPPOSEDLY THIS IS
GOING TO BE THE SOUL OF THE
NATION, THE HEADLINE OF WHAT THE
SPEECH IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
HE CALLED REPUBLICANS SEMIFASCIST.
SEMIFASCIST. WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
KARENE JEAN-PIERRE.
>> YEAH, CAN YOU IMAGINE A
NATION WHERE A PHRASE MAKE
AMERICA GREAT AGAIN IS A BAD
PHRASE?
I THINK IT’S DEEPLY CYNICAL AND
EXCUSE ME IF I’M IN THE EXCITED
ABOUT A PRESIDENT LECTURING US
ON DEMOCRACY WHEN HE DOES THINGS
LIKE BAIL OUT STUDENT LOANS
WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL
MAKING TAXPAYERS PAY, PAY THE
BILL FOR HARVARD LAW GRADUATES
AND THEN THE DOJ POLITICIZING
THE DOJ TO RAID A FORMER
PRESIDENT’S HOME AND NOT TELL
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHY IT WAS
DONE.
SO I THINK THIS IS DEEPLY
CYNICAL ON THE PART OF THE
ADMINISTRATION TO DO THIS RIGHT
NOW.
CHERYL: YEAH.
WELL, THE TIMING OF ALL OF THIS,
MIDTERMS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ABOUT
70 DAYS AWAY AND HERE HE COMES.
YEAH.
GO AHEAD.
>> IT’S TOTALLY POLITICAL.
CHERYL: CONGRESSMAN BILL