{"id":1008285,"date":"2021-11-13T17:14:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T22:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1008285"},"modified":"2021-11-13T17:14:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T22:14:53","slug":"psaki-on-rising-energy-costs-makes-even-stronger-case-for-doubling-down-on-our-energy-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-on-rising-energy-costs-makes-even-stronger-case-for-doubling-down-on-our-energy-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki On Rising Energy Costs: Makes \u2018Even Stronger Case For Doubling Down\u2019 On Our Energy Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpsaki-on-rising-energy-costs-makes-even-stronger-case-for-doubling-down-on-our-energy-agenda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1008285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to a question on Friday about rising fuel prices across the U.S. by saying that the surge in cost made an even stronger case for the administration doubling down on its energy agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, our view is that the rise in gas prices over the long term makes an even stronger case for doubling down our investment and our focus on clean energy options so that we are not relying on the fluctuations and OPEC and their willingness to put more supply and meet the demand in the market,\u201d Psaki responded. \u201cThat\u2019s our view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feel that \u2014 but we also feel that there are a number of actors here, including price gouging, that we have concerns and we\u2019ve seen out there \u2014 we feel we\u2019ve seen; we\u2019ve asked the FTC to look into the need for OPEC to release more \u2014 that are the larger issues here and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve been focused on those options,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jen Psaki says \u201cthe rise in gas prices over the long term makes an even stronger case for doubling down on&#8221; radical green energy policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8WYpqbFLBE\">pic.twitter.com\/8WYpqbFLBE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1459240952875433986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA THE WHITE HOUSE:<\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER: And then following up on the questions about gas prices again \u2014 just kind of taking a step back, there\u2019s some Republicans who have taken this moment where they\u2019ve seen gas prices spike to criticize sort of the administration, big picture. Right? Canceling the Keystone Pipeline, halting leases for \u2014 new drilling leases on federal lands, saying that, sort of, the administration\u2019s policies writ large have contributed to the rise in gas prices. What\u2019s your response now to that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>JEN PSAKI, PRESS SECRETARTY: Our response is that, one, we haven\u2019t \u2014 we haven\u2019t cancelled existing. There are existing leases that are continuing. And just to be clear, I know you know that \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER: Sorry. Not new leases.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: Not new leases.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>REPORTER: You\u2019re right.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PSAKI: But just to be clear \u2014 and I know that\u2019s been a criticism \u2014 so that\u2019s why I said that \u2014 and not an accurate one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Look, our view is that the rise in gas prices over the long term makes an even stronger case for doubling down our investment and our focus on clean energy options so that we are not relying on the fluctuations and OPEC and their willingness to put more supply and meet the demand in<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to a question on Friday about rising fuel prices across the U.S. by saying that the surge in cost made an even stronger case for the administration doubling down on its energy agenda.\u201cLook, our view is that the rise in gas prices over the long term makes an even stronger case for doubling down our investment and our focus on clean energy options so that we are not relying on the fluctuations and OPEC and their willingness to put more supply and meet the demand in the market,\u201d Psaki responded. \u201cThat\u2019s our view.\u201d\u201cWe feel that \u2014 but we also feel that there are a number of actors here, including price gouging, that we have concerns and we\u2019ve seen out there \u2014 we feel we\u2019ve seen; we\u2019ve asked the FTC to look into the need for OPEC to release more \u2014 that are the larger issues here and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve been focused on those options,\u201d she claimed.WATCH:Jen Psaki says \u201cthe rise in gas prices over the long term makes an even stronger case for doubling down on&#8221; radical green energy policies. pic.twitter.com\/8WYpqbFLBE\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 12, 2021TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA THE WHITE HOUSE:REPORTER: And then following up on the questions about gas prices again \u2014 just kind of taking a step back, there\u2019s some Republicans who have taken this moment where they\u2019ve seen gas prices spike to criticize sort of the administration, big picture. Right? Canceling the Keystone Pipeline, halting leases for \u2014 new drilling leases on federal lands, saying that, sort of, the administration\u2019s policies writ large have contributed to the rise in gas prices. What\u2019s your response now to that?JEN PSAKI, PRESS SECRETARTY: Our response is that, one, we haven\u2019t \u2014 we haven\u2019t cancelled existing. There are existing leases that are continuing. And just to be clear, I know you know that \u2014REPORTER: Sorry. Not new leases.PSAKI: Not new leases.\u00a0REPORTER: You\u2019re right.PSAKI: But just to be clear \u2014 and I know that\u2019s been a criticism \u2014 so that\u2019s why I said that \u2014 and not an accurate one.Look, our view is that the rise in gas prices over the long term makes an even stronger case for doubling down our investment and our focus on clean energy options so that we are not relying on the fluctuations and OPEC and their willingness to put more supply and meet the demand in the market. That\u2019s our view.\u00a0We feel that \u2014 but we also feel that there are a number of actors here, including price gouging, that we have concerns and we\u2019ve seen out there \u2014 we feel we\u2019ve seen; we\u2019ve asked the FTC to look into the need for OPEC to release more \u2014 that are the larger issues here and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve been focused on those options.Related:The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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