>> CITIZENS ARE FORCED TO MAKE
AGONIZING CHOICES.
EVERY SINGLE DAY JUST TO PAY THE
BILLS AND WINTER IS COMING.
THIS IS A NATIONAL REFERENDUM, A
REFERENDUM ON INFLATION, ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION, INDOCTRINATION AND
CRIME AT HOME AND HUMILIATION
ABROAD.
A CHOICE BETWEEN SOARING
INFLATION AND SKY-ROCKET ENERGY
COSTS OR AFFORDABLE RENTS AN GAS
AND GROCERIES FOR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY.
JACKIE: THAT WAS HOUSE MINORITY
LEADER KEVIN MCCARTHY BEFORE
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S SPEECH SENDING
OUT WARNING AHEAD OF MIDTERM
ELECTIONS.
JOINING ME BRUCE WESTERMEN, GOOD
MORNING, CONGRESS,
TRANSPORTATION AND
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEES.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION KEEPS
TOUTING THE FACT THAT OIL PRICES
AND GAS PRICES HAVE COME DOWN A
LITTLE BIT FROM RECORD HIGHS BUT
IF YOU LOOK AT FUTURES, YOU CAN
SEE NATURAL GAS IS SKYROCKETING
AND PEOPLE ARE BRACING FOR
HIGHER HEATING COSTS THIS
WINTER.
THE PAIN IS FAR FROM OVER AND
THIS WAS INDICATED BY JAROME
POWELL LAST WEEK AS WELL.
YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT’S SPEECH LAST NIGHT
AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED.
>> WELL, GOOD MORNING, JACKIE, I
THINK THE PRESIDENT WAS MAKING A
POLITICAL MOVE LAST NIGHT BUT I
THINK AMERICANS HAVE TO LOOK AT
TWO YEARS AGO, THE PANDEMIC WAS
-- WAS MUCH WORSE BUT THE
ECONOMY WAS MUCH BETTER AND A
LOT HAS CHANGED.
JOE BIDEN AND DEMOCRAT COMPLETE
CONTROL OF CONGRESS, THAT’S
WHAT’S CHANGED.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN
BETWEEN.
KEVIN WAS RIGHT.
WE’VE GOT SOME TOUGH TIMES
AHEAD.
WE’VE BEEN FOCUSED A LOT ON
ENERGY AND WE KNOW ENERGY
AFFECTS ALL OF THE ECONOMY.
WHAT I’M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
ARE FOOD PROCESS WHICH IS
OUTSPACING ENERGY ON INFLATION.
WE HAVE HAD TIME AGRICULTURE NOT
JUST IN THE U.S. BUT GLOBALLY
BUT WITH WINTER COMING FOOD
PRICES ARE GOING TO GO HIGHER.
FOOD IS GOING TO BE IN MORE OF A
SHORTAGE AND, INDEED, IT’S TOUGH
TIMES AHEAD.
WE NEED REAL LEADERSHIP IN
WASHINGTON AND WE ARE SIMPLY NOT
GETTING THAT FROM THIS
ADMINISTRATION OR FROM
DEMOCRATS.
JACKIE: I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
WOULD AGREE WITH YOU AND THEY
ALSO WOULD SAY, CONGRESSMAN,
THAT LAST NIGHT’S SPEECH WAS A
DISTRACTION IN SOME WAYS FROM
THE REAL ISSUES, THE ECONOMY,
INFLATION, GAS AND HEATING
PRICES, FOOD PRICES AS YOU
MENTIONED, THE STAPLES THAT ARE
THE KITCHEN-TABLE CONVERSATION
AT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN FAMILY’S
HOME IN THIS COUNTRY.
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT’S
TO COME AND THEY ARE WORRIED
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR SAFETY,
THEIR SECURITY, ALL THESE
THINGS.
>> JACKIE, I THINK WHAT
AMERICANS WANT IS A SECURE AND
PROSPEROUS FUTURE AND THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND DEMOCRATS IN
CONGRESS ARE SIMPLY NOT
DELIVERING THAT.
WE HAVE A PLAN WITH REPUBLICANS
AND WE HAVE A PLAN TO GET PLAN
BACK ON TRACK AND TO USE
RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE HERE AND
NOT BEING RELYING ON FOREIGN
COUNTRIES ON MANY OF OUR
ADVERSARIES, YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST
AMAZING WHAT THIS PRESIDENT DOES
TO AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION,
TO AMERICAN JOBS.
I WILL BE BACK IN MY DISTRICT IN
AUGUST TALKING TO PEOPLE AND I
CAN TELL YOU THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
HURTING ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
LAW-INCOME AND FIXED-INCOME FOR
FUEL PRICES AND FOOD PRICES HAVE
THE GREATEST IMPACT.
JACKIE: YEAH, IT’S REALLY
INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE’S BEEN
A SPENDING SPREE BY THE
DEMOCRATS THAT THAT STARTED THAT
BIDEN CAME TO OFFICE AND
CONTINUED AND WE HAVE THE
SO-CALLED INFLATION ACT, ANOTHER
139 BILLION AND FORGIVENESS OF
STUDENT LOANS, THE STUDENT LOAN
BAILOUT, THE REPUBLICANS,
GENERAL, ARE CONSIDERING
LAWSUITS AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN
TO BLOCK THE BAILOUT AND THIS IS
COMING AS THE WASHINGTON POST,
THERE WAS A REPORT ACTUALLY
WARNING THAT, QUOTE, A LEGAL
BATTLE COULD CARRY STARK
FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR
MILLIONS OF STUDENT BORROWERS
WHO REJOICED LAST WEEK AFTER THE
DEMOCRATS DELIVERED ON THIS
LONG-STANDING PROMISE TO ERASE
SOME OF THEIR DEBT.
HAVING SAID THAT, CONGRESSMAN,
YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE SAY THE
PRESIDENT OVERSTEPPED HIS
AUTHORITY IN THE BAILOUT AND
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE DECIDED.
CONGRESSMAN: EVEN NANCY PELOSI
SAID THAT.
WE SENT A LETTER TO HER ASKING
IF SHE STILL FEEL IT IS SAME WAY
BUT IT’S HARD TO KEEP UP WITH
HOW MUCH MONEY THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS SPENT AND
THEY KEEP ANNOUNCING MORE AND
MORE PROBLEMS AND, AGAIN, THIS
STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS, IT
HASN’T HAPPENED YET.
IT’S NOT REALLY A FORGIVENESS,
IT’S SHIFTING THE BURDEN FROM
ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO ANOTHER
GROUP OF PEOPLE AND ACTUALLY A
LOT FEWER PEOPLE GO TO COLLEGE
THAN -- A LOT OF FEWER PEOPLE GO
TO COLLEGE THAT GO AND PEOPLE
THAT DIDN’T GO AND AMERICANS ARE
GOING TO FOOT THE BILL FOR THOSE
MAKING MORE MONEY OVER THE
LIFETIME.
JACKIE: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
ANGRY ABOUT THAT.
IT’S THE WHOLE CONCEPT BEHIND IT
IS UNFAIR AND THIS WAS AN
OBVIOUS PUSH TO ESSENTIALLY BUY
VOTES AHEAD OF THE MIDTERMS BUT
HAVING SAID THAT I WANT TO GO
BACK TO FOOD PRICES BECAUSE I
THINK THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT
TOO, CONGRESSMAN, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ESTIMATING FOOD
OF AGRICULTURE ESTIMATING FOOD
PRODUCTION COSTS UP 18% IN 2022.
THIS PRESIDENT THAT TRIED TO
FOCUS ON ENERGY BY RELEASING THE
SPR BUT HE DIDN’T GO TO OIL
PRODUCERS AND ROLL BACK SOME OF
THE REGULATIONS AND SAY YOU’RE
FREE TO DRILL, YOU’RE FREE TO DO
THIS.
HE ALSO MISSED THE BOAT WHEN IT
COMES TO AGRICULTURE AND THE
FARMERS THAT ARE HURTING IN THIS
COUNTRY.
>> JACKIE, THIS IS THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, WORLD’S
LEADER IN AGRICULTURE
PRODUCTION, THE WORLD’S LEADER
IN INNOVATION.
WE HAVE THE MOST ADVANCED -- THE
BEST FARMING PRACTICES IN THE
WORLD AND WE ARE GOING TO BE
HURTING HERE AT HOME AND IT’S IN
THE BECAUSE FARMERS ARE GETTING
RICH, IT’S BECAUSE INPUT COSTS
ARE GETTING SO MUCH HIGHER.
YOU MENTIONED HOW NATURAL GAS
HAS PROJECTED TO COST EVEN MORE.
THAT’S THE MAIN INGREDIENT IN
FERTILIZER IS NATURAL GAS COST
GO UP, THEN FARTHER LIESER COSTS
ARE GOING UP AND FERTILIZER IS
THE MAIN INGREDIENT IN
AGRICULTURE.
IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE AND IT’S EASY
TO SEE HOW THE POLICIES OF THIS
ADMINISTRATION ARE GOING TO HURT
IN THE POCKETBOOK AND IT’S GOING
TO HURT AT THE DINNER TABLE.
JACKIE: THANK YOU FOR MAKING
THAT CONNECTION, VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND HOW EVERYTHING IS ALL
INTERTWINED, IT’S ALL RELATED
AND THAT’S WHY PRICES ARE MOVING
HIGHER BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES
THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN FROM THIS