{"id":1489244,"date":"2022-05-24T07:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T11:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1489244"},"modified":"2022-05-24T07:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T11:15:01","slug":"biden-calls-high-gas-prices-an-incredible-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-high-gas-prices-an-incredible-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Calls High Gas Prices an \u201cIncredible Transition\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fbiden-calls-high-gas-prices-an-incredible-transition%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=1489244&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 id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden<\/a> said that the country is going through an &#8220;incredible transition&#8221; away from fossil fuels via the high gas prices being experienced nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Biden made the statement on gas prices during a joint press conference with Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here\u2019s the situation.\u00a0 And when it comes to the gas prices, we\u2019re going through an incredible transition that is taking place that, God willing, when it\u2019s over, we\u2019ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on fossil fuels when this is over,&#8221; Biden said, seeming to justify or praise those sky-high prices Americans face at the pump.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s comments come amid a stretch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/energy\/record-gas-prices-for-this-long-unprecedented-aaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">record-high gas prices<\/a> which the American Automobile Association says is &#8220;unprecedented.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/energy\/record-gas-prices-for-this-long-unprecedented-aaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RECORD GAS PRICES FOR THIS LONG &#8216;UNPRECEDENTED&#8217;: AAA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/Untitled-design-201.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Joe Biden attends the Japan-U.S. summit meeting at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      President Joe Biden attends the Japan-U.S. summit meeting at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(David Mareuil\/Pool via Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The national average for a gallon of regular gas stands at $4.56 as of Monday, which is more than $.40 higher than it was just a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>In parts of the country such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a>, however, the average price for a gallon of regular gas reached $6.06 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden added during the press conference on Monday that his administration has taken steps to prevent the price at the pump from going even higher, such as the release of 1 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum reserve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And what I\u2019ve been able to do to keep it from getting even worse \u2014 and it\u2019s bad.\u00a0 The price of gas at the pump is something that I told you \u2014 you heard me say before \u2014 it would be a matter of great discussion at my kitchen table when I was a kid growing up.\u00a0 It\u2019s affecting a lot of families,&#8221; Biden said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/gas-prices-new-record-gop-senators-blame-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>GAS PRICES REACH NEW RECORD HIGH AS GOP SENATORS BLAME BIDEN FOR HOLDING PRODUCTION BACK<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1240442275.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 4, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 4, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Ting Shen\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;But we have released over two hundred and, I think, fifty-seven thousand \u2014 million barrels of oil, I should say.\u00a0Us and the rest of the world we convinced to get involved.\u00a0It\u2019s helped, but it\u2019s not been enough,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has shifted some of the blame for higher gas prices as a result of Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, calling it a &#8220;Putin spike at the gas pump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/640\/320\/GAS-PRICES-NEW-JERSEY.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Gasoline prices in Jersey City, New Jersey, March 9, 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Gasoline prices in Jersey City, New Jersey, March 9, 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Reuters\/Mike Segar)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Let me first say that Americans are paying a higher price at the pump because of the actions of President Putin,&#8221; then-White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in March. &#8220;This is a Putin spike at the gas pump, not one prompted by our sanctions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s comments on Monday were ridiculed by several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> who said that the president is now &#8220;saying the quiet part out loud now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re saying the quiet part out loud now. They\u2019re causing you pain at the pump because it\u2019s all part of their radical agenda,&#8221; said Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La.<\/p>\n<p>Biden instituted policies some that say are anti-energy during his first hours in office, including canceling the Keystone XL pipeline that would have moved more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day from Canada to Texas, and &#8220;pausing&#8221; oil and gas leases on federal lands. The Biden administration has also canceled multiple federal oil and gas lease sales, some as recently as this month amid the gas price surge.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Louis Casiano, Kyle Morris, Jon Brown, and Breck Dumas contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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