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Sen Hawley Destroys Biden Energy Secretary on Soaring Gas Prices

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  1. Revmitchell

    Revmitchell Well-Known Member
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    On Thursday morning in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm repeatedly refused to acknowledge that the Biden administration's war on U.S. energy had caused gas prices to rise since the president took office and started cracking down on domestic energy production.


    Even after Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri laid out the proof of the Biden administration's anti-fossil fuel policies that have limited supply and driven up costs, Granholm still wouldn't accept any responsibility for the soaring cost of gas as the national average for regular unleaded hit another all-time high on Thursday morning.

    "Today in the State of Missouri, the average price of gasoline is $4.10," Hawley noted, adding the "average price of diesel is $5.18. And I'm sure you've seen the reporting this morning that now AAA is projecting that gas prices will hit a national average — average — of $6 a gallon by the month of August, he said. "Is this acceptable to you?"

    "No, it is not," Secretary Granholm claimed before saying "you can thank the activity of Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine," another Biden administration blame-shifting attempt.

    "Oh nonsense," Hawley interjected. "With all due respect, Madam Secretary, that's utter nonsense."

    "In January of 2021, the average gas price in my state was $2.07," Hawley reminded Granholm. "Eight months later, long before Vladimir Putin invaded, that price was up 30 percent and has been going up consistently since. What are you doing to reverse this administration's policies that are drawing down our own supply of energy in this country, that are throttling oil and gas production in the United states of America - what are you doing about it?" he asked.

    "With respect sir, it is not administration policies that have affected supply and demand," Granholm claimed.

    "How can you say that when the price of gas was up over 30 percent from January?" pressed Hawley.

    "Let me answer," Granholm quipped before Hawley again asked his question and explained the Biden administration's policies that limited supply.

    "From January to August, the price of gasoline was up over 30 percent in my state alone," he reiterated. "It has been a continuous upward tick since then, and here's what your president did when he first came to office. He immediately reentered the Paris Climate Accord, he canceled the Keystone Pipeline, he halted leasing programs in ANWR, he issued a 60-day halt on all new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on federal lands and waters — that's nationwide, that accounts, by the way, for 25 percent of U.S. oil production — he directed federal agencies to eliminate all supports for fossil fuels, he imposed new regulations on oil and gas and methane emissions," Hawley noted. "Those were all just in the first few days, are you telling me that's had no effect on our energy supply?" he questioned.

    Sen Hawley Destroys Biden Energy Secretary on Soaring Gas Prices
     
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    What Hawley did in that exchange was a work of art.
     
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    Yep, but it's not too hard to make an idiot look like a fool.
     
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