Senator Barrasso Slams Biden’s Energy Secretary For Laughing Over Gas Prices: ‘People Are Suffering’

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Republicans, slammed Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm during an interview on Sunday after she burst out laughing last week when she was asked about increasing oil production in the U.S. to alleviate rising gas prices.

“That is hilarious,” Granholm said last week as she laughed in response to a question about what her plan was to increase oil production in the U.S. “As you know, of course, oil is a global market. It is controlled by a cartel. That cartel is called OPEC, and they made a decision yesterday that they were not going to increase beyond what they were already planning.”

Barrasso initially responded to Granholm’s controversial response by calling it “disgraceful,” adding, “there’s nothing funny about spiking gas prices hurting American families.”

Barrasso followed up on that tweet with remarks he made during an interview on Sunday with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.”

“It’s no laughing matter when people are suffering,” Barrasso said. “And some have to decide whether this winter they’re going to be able to eat or heat their homes with natural gas prices at a seven year high, gas at the pump at a seven year high.”

MARIA BARTIROMO, FOX NEWS HOST: Joining me right now to tell us exactly what is in that infrastructure bill and the fate of the Biden economic agenda is Wyoming senator, a member of GOP Senate leadership, John Barrasso. Senator, it’s great to have you this morning. Thanks so much for being here.

SEN. JOHN BARRASSO (R-WY): Thank you, Maria.

BARTIROMO: Assess what we’re seeing right now, Senator, we just saw this red wave, it doesn’t feel like your colleagues on the Left are believing it. They’re still pushing through their larger spending plan. And your colleagues even in the GOP pass that infrastructure plan, assess the situation for us.

BARRASSO: Well, first, thanks, Maria. It was a rejection election of voters overwhelmingly across the country rejected these radical policies of the Democrats, which have caused inflation, rising prices, open borders, and now they want to raise taxes even higher. You would think this would be a wake up call for the Democrats, but they’re still sleepwalking like zombies on this road to socialism. And they’ve bloated up their other bill, the $4 trillion reckless tax and spending bill, almost thumbing their noses at the voters who said stop, and the Democrats know this