{"id":1014822,"date":"2021-11-15T11:58:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1014822"},"modified":"2021-11-15T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T16:58:59","slug":"granholm-says-biden-is-all-over-gas-prices-cant-list-any-policies-to-lower-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/granholm-says-biden-is-all-over-gas-prices-cant-list-any-policies-to-lower-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Granholm Says Biden Is \u2018All Over\u2019 Gas Prices, Can\u2019t List Any Policies To Lower Prices"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fgranholm-says-biden-is-all-over-gas-prices-cant-list-any-policies-to-lower-prices%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=1014822&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said President Joe Biden is \u201call over\u201d rising gasoline prices but failed to name a single administration policy aimed at lowering energy costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president is all over this,\u201d Granholm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielTurnerPTF\/status\/1460243636776488966?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> during a CNN interview Monday. \u201cHe really is very concerned about, you know, inflation, obviously, and the price of gasoline because that\u2019s the most obvious manifestation of it. As you know, no president controls the price of gas, oil is sold on a global market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is, as we see, as everybody is coming out of COVID, there is a huge increase in demand, the supply has not caught up,\u201d she continued. \u201cSo, the president is looking at the limited tools that he has. I have nothing to announce on this, but know, he is looking at and evaluating all his options, limited though they may be in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The energy secretary was asked what the administration was \u201cdoing today\u201d to give Americans relief at the pump. Granholm and other administration officials have repeatedly waved off criticism that the president\u2019s policies are to blame for rising energy costs, instead blaming foreign powers for not producing enough oil and natural gas. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/05\/jennifer-granholm-energy-department-gasoline-prices-opec\/\">(RELATED: \u2018That Is Hilarious\u2019: Energy Secretary Cackles When Asked About Rising Gasoline Prices)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/02\/joe-biden-russia-opec-rising-gas-prices\/\">Biden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/05\/jennifer-granholm-energy-department-gasoline-prices-opec\/\">Granholm<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/28\/white-house-energy-crisis-russia-natural-gas-oil-joe-biden\/\">other officials<\/a> have directed much of their ire at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the cartel that determines how much oil Middle Eastern nations will collectively produce. Oil prices, which are directly tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/29\/oil-prices-inflation-jerome-powell-federal-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inflation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/energyexplained\/gasoline\/price-fluctuations.php\">gasoline<\/a> prices, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/05\/oil-prices-opec-russia-joe-biden\/\">surged<\/a> earlier this month after OPEC again rejected Biden\u2019s calls for increased output.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.778597785978\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm:<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden is \u2018all over\u2019 high gas prices.<\/p>\n<p>Also Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm:<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t name a single thing Joe Biden has done to lower gas prices. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cd4SkItfXF\">pic.twitter.com\/cd4SkItfXF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielTurnerPTF\/status\/1460243636776488966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Biden administration has taken a hard stance against domestic fossil fuel production amid the energy crisis. Immediately after taking office, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/17\/joe-biden-keystone-xl-pipeline-montana\/\">canceled<\/a> the Keystone XL pipeline,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/20\/joe-biden-administration-interior-department-alaska-oil-drilling-energy-prices\/\">ditched<\/a> a large drilling project in Alaska, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/15\/jeff-landry-joe-biden-louisiana\/\">banned<\/a> new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/08\/joe-biden-administration-pipeline-michigan-energy-midwest-line-5\/\">confirmed<\/a> it was reviewing the possibility of shutting the key Line 5 pipeline in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the administration moved to halt oil and gas leasing on a large swath of land in New Mexico, The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/15\/climate\/biden-bans-drilling-chaco-canyon.html\">reported<\/a>. The White House also said it opposed the sale of a major drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico that is expected to produce more than one billion barrels of oil in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/biden-climate-gulf-oil-lease-sale_n_618eeb77e4b0b1aee9252872\">statement<\/a> to HuffPost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis administration is floundering, truly floundering. They have no policy except that they\u2019re at the altar of green energy,\u201d Republican Ohio Rep. Bob Latta, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/12\/white-house-joe-biden-gasoline-prices-green-transition-jen-psaki\/\">told<\/a> the Daily Caller News Foundation in an interview Friday. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/27\/energy-prices-gasoline-republicans-kevin-mccarthy-democrats-oil-gas-joe-biden\/\">(RELATED: \u2018A National Security Issue\u2019: Republicans Take Aim At Democrats Over Rising Gas Prices, Energy Costs)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The price of gasoline in the U.S. reached its highest level in eight years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/petroleum\/gasdiesel\/\">according<\/a> to the Energy Information Administration. The average cost at the pump remained at $3.42 per gallon Monday, up about 60% compared to a year ago, a AAA database <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">showed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said President Joe Biden is \u201call over\u201d rising gasoline prices but failed to name a single administration policy aimed at lowering energy costs.\u201cThe president is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1014822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}