ASK FOR THAT HELP WITH MORE OIL
ON THE MARKET.
JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS UTAH
CONGRESSMAN, CHRIS STEWART,
MEMBER OF THE INTELLIGENCE AND
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES.
GOOD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK COMES OUT OF
THE TRIP TO SAUDI.
>> I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO
BE WHAT THE PRESIDENT HOPES FOR.
I WAS IN SAUDI ARABIA A FEW
WEEKS AGO.
I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH THE
CROWN PRINCE, WITH HE DEFENSE
AND FOREIGN MINISTERS, WITH THE
MINISTER OF ENERGY.
HERE’S THE DEAL.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS DEMONIZED THE
SAUDIS, DEMONIZED THE CROWN
PRINCE PERSONALLY AND HERE HE
GOES HAT IN HAND AND I DON’T
THINK THEY’LL GIVE HIM WHAT HE
HE WANTS.
WHAT A RIDICULOUS SITUATION TO
FIND OURSELVES IN.
A SEVENTH GRADER COULD TELL YOU
IF YOU SHUT DOWN U.S. PRODUCTION
LIKE THE PRESIDENT DID FROM THE
FIRST DAY HE WAS IN OFFICE, THAT
WE WOULD FIND OURSELVES IN THIS
SITUATION.
WHERE WE’RE NOW DEPENDENT ON
SAUDI ARABIA, VENEZUELA, OTHER
FOREIGN PRODUCERS.
AS THE OTHER INDIVIDUALSES SAID,
THE OIL COMPANY EXECUTIVES SAID
A MOMENT AGO, WE COULD DO THIS
OURSELVES.
WE SHOULD BE DOING THIS
OURSELVES.
WE WERE A NET EXPORTER OF ENERGY
JUST 18 MONTHS AGO, THIS IS
ABSURD TO FIND OURSELVES IN THIS
POSITION.
MARIA: YEAH.
MEANWHILE, HE IS ARRIVING AS
WE’RE TOLD, JOHN KIRBY TOLD FOX
YESTERDAY THAT AN IRAN DEAL IS
ALL BUT DOWN.
WE’RE WAITING FOR THE GO-AHEAD
FROM THE IRANIANS.
SO HE’S MEETING WITH THE SAUDIS
WHO HATE THE IRANIANS AND DO NOT
WANT THE WEST TO BE PARTNERING
WITH IRAN AND HE’S GOT AN IRAN
DEAL IN HIS BACK POCK T POCKET S
OBVIOUSLY THAT’S GOING TO COME
UP AND BACK AT HOME -- YEAH, GO
AHEAD.
>> WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO
SAY WITH EVERY ONE OF THESE
LEADERS THAT I MET WITH IN THE
REGION, THE FIRST THING THEY
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS IRAN.
THEY’RE DAYTONA BEACHLY
CONCERNED -- DEEPLY CONCERNED
ABOUT THIS.
IT’S VERY CLEAR THAT’S THE FIRST
THING ON THEIR MIND AND IT’S THE
LEAST THING THE PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT CAN HELP THEM WITH,
SEEMS TO BE WILLING TO HELP THEM
WITH.
MARIA: MEANWHILE, THE PRESIDENT
WRITES AN OP-ED YOU ABOUT ABOUT
GOING.
WE KNOW WHY HE’S GOING.
YOU’VE GOT YOUR COLLEAGUES ON
THE LEFT TRYING TO PUSH THROUGH
MORE SPENDING, CONGRESSMAN.
SENATOR JOE MANCHIN APPARENTLY
DEALT A BLOW TO BIDEN AND THE
DEMOCRATS’ AGENDA YESTERDAY WHEN
HE TOLD CHUCK SHY HE SCHUMER HE
NOT SUPPORT A SPENDING
PROVISION.
MANCHIN’S OFFICE RELEASED A
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART THIS,
IT’S TIME FOR LEADERS TO PUT
POLITICAL YOU JEN AGENDAS ASIDE,
RE-EVALUATE AND ADJUST THE
ECONOMIC REALTS REALITIES THE CO
FACES TO AVOID TAKING STEPS THAT
ADD FUEL TO THE INFLATION FIRE.
THEY KEEP PUTTING FUEL ON THE
FIRE WITH THE FORGIVENESS OF
STUDENT DEBT, WITH PUSHING OF
MORE TAXES.
JOHN BARRASSO TOLD ME, THEY’RE
TALKING ABOUT ONE AND-A-HALF
TRILLION DOLLARS IN NEW TAX.
ON WHAT PLANET ARE THEY LIVING
THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE THINGS
EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE FOR AMERICAN
CONSUMER AS WE PAY 40-YEAR HIGH
INFLATION.
>> WELL, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT A CHILD COULD
UNDERSTAND.
JUST LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT
WITH THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY,
IT’S VERY SELF-EVIDENT.
SO IS THIS.
AND THE INFLATION THAT WE’RE
SEEING WHICH BY THE WAY HURTS
THE POOREST AMONG US.
LOOK, IF YOU GET PICKED UP IN A
LIMOUSINE EVERY MORNING, YOU
DON’T CARE ABOUT THE PRICE OF
GAS.
YOU HAVEN’T FILLED UP THAT
LIMOUSINE IN CAREERS.
YEARS.
IF YOU’RE LIVING AN AFLUENT LIFE
IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
IT DOESN’T IMPACT YOU.
IF YOU LIVE IN THE WEST LIKE I
DO AND YOU DRIVE A PICKUP
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO USE IT FOR
YOUR WORK, THIS IS A PAINFUL
THING FOR ALMOST EVERYONE.
AND THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW
PAINFUL IT IS AND THEY CLEARLY
DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSES IT.
BECAUSE AS YOU JUST SAID, THEY
WANT TO DO MORE AND MORE.
THEY WANT TO THROW MORE FUEL ON
THAT FLAME AND GOD BLESS SENATOR
MANCHIN AND SENATOR SINEMA AS
WELL FOR THEM HAVING THE COURAGE
TO STAND UP TO THEIR OWN
COLLEAGUES AND SAY THIS IS
INSANE.
IT MAKES NO SENSE.
IT’S GOING TO MAKE IT MUCH
WORSE.
MARIA: WELL, WE KNOW THAT
AMERICAN CONSUMERS ARE REACTING.
WE’LL SEE HOW -- WHAT HAPPENS IN
NOVEMBER IN TERMS OF HOW THEY
VOTE, CONGRESSMAN.
IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERES