>> Neil: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER
RECORD AS INDICATES VIRTUALLY
EVERY DAY THIS WEEK.
A NEW RECORD FOR GAS PRICES, A
NEW RECORD FOR DIESEL PRICES.
DON’T SAY THAT THE FORMER ENERGY
SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES
DIDN’T WARN YOU UNLESS HE WAS
WITH US.
HE SAID THIS IS LONG BEFORE THE
UKRAINE WAR, PRICES WOULD BE
MOVING UP AND SMARTLY SO.
RICK PERRY WITH US NOW.
THE FORMER TEXAS GOVERNOR AND
ENERGY SECRETARY FOR PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
SECRETARY, GOVERNOR, GOOD TO
HAVE YOU.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU, NEIL.
THANKS.
>> Neil: YOU DID SEE A LOT OF
THIS COMING LONG BEFORE THE WAR.
SO A LOT OF THIS WAS BUILT ON A
POLICY THAT THIS PRESIDENT
IMPLEMENTED ALMOST WITHIN HOURS
OF TAKING OFFICE.
IN FACT, HE SHUT DOWN KEYSTONE.
YOU REMINDED A LOT OF FOLKS
THING THAT OIL TRADES IN THE
OPEN MARKETS AND THAT WAS TAKEN
AS A SIGNAL THIS ADMINISTRATION
DIDN’T LIKE TRADITIONAL FOSSIL
FUEL AND THIS WAS GOING TO BE
THE TUNE AND THE TONE.
HOW BAD DOES THIS GET?
>> IT COULD GET VERY BAD.
I SUGGEST THAT IT WILL.
I WISH THAT WASN’T THE MESSAGE.
BUT HERE’S ONE OF THE REASONS.
DIESEL IS WHAT THE RUNS THIS
COUNTRY.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE TRUCKS
THAT MOVE THE GROCERIES, ALL THE
OTHER PRODUCE AROUND IN THIS
COUNTRY, DIESEL IS RIGHT AT THE
HEART OF IT.
THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS
REALLY DRIVING UP THE COST OF
FOOD AND THAT COMES FROM HEAVY
CRUDE.
HEAVY CRUDE WAS ACCESSED THROUGH
TWO COUNTRIES INTERESTINGLY,
RUSSIA AND VENEZUELA.
I WILL SUGGEST TO YOU THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION KNEW AND KNOW
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY, THAT
THEIR POLICIES WILL DRIVE UP THE
COST OF INFLATION, PARTICULARLY
ENERGY COSTS, WHICH IN TURN
MULTIPLIES INTO THE INFLATION
FACTOR.
HERE’S THE ISSUE.
WE SAW BIDEN MAKING THESE
DECISIONS, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION MAKING THESE
DECISIONS.
I THINK IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE
WHISPERING IN HIS EAR WHEN THE
UKRAINE WAR STARTED THAT WE
CAN’T STOP TAKING CRUDE FROM
RUSSIA BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO
REALLY DRIVE UP THE COST OF
DIESEL.
>> Neil: THEY HAVE ACTUALLY
DRIVEN IT FURTHER, THOUGH,
RIGHT?
THAT IS, THE ADMINISTRATION
TEASED OPENING SOME LANDS TO OIL
COMPANIES AND THIS PAST WEEK OUT
OF THE BLUE SHUT IT ALL DOWN.
WHATEVER PEOPLE’S VIEWS ON THIS
SUBJECT, THE POLITICS OF IT AND
ALL, I CAN’T IMAGINE A WORSE
TIME MOVE.
ABSOLUTELY.
I DON’T THINK THERE’S A SCENARIO
WHERE YOU CAN HURT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE MORE THAN WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION IS DOING.
AND IS ABOUT TO DO.
WE’RE FIXING TO GO INTO ONE OF
THE HIGH TRAVELING SEASONS OF
THE YEAR AND GASOLINE PRICES, WE
HAVE NOT SEEN THE TOP BY ANY
SENSE OF THE IMAGINATION.
STOPPING THE -- THE MESSAGE THAT
IT SENDS TO PRODUCERS, FOR THE
SPOKESPERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE
TO SAY, WELL, WE HAVE ALL OF
THESE PERMITS.
NOBODY IS INTERESTING.
THE REASON THEY’RE NOT
INTERESTED IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW
YOU WILL PLAY THE OLD PEANUTS
GAME AND JERK THE FOOTBALL AWAY
FROM THE PLAYER.
NOBODY TRUSTS THIS WHITE HOUSE
TO LEAVE REGULATIONS IN PLACE.
THEY HAIR THEM, SCARE’EM.
STOP LEASING.
>> Neil: VERY SCARY.
IT JUST COMPOUNDS THE SITUATION.
AT LEAST IF THEY LEFT IT ALONE,
IT WOULD HAVE AT LEAST KEPT
THINGS WERE THEY WERE.