PONTE VEDRA, Florida– The American people are not purchasing President Biden’s excuses as he blames skyrocketing gas rates on Russian President Vladimir Putin and on oil and gas companies, Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) told Breitbart News during a special interview at the 2022 U.S. Home Republican Politician Issues Conference.
“In Texas we know the response because we’re the gas and oil state,” Williams began, noting that President Biden quashed American energy self-reliance “from day one.”
“The reality of the matter is, when he shut down Keystone Pipeline, he talks about green energy, he speaks about electric lorries, this is bad. It’s not going to take place and we need to have the ability to– all energy. I’m for all energy. I desire competitors,” he explained.
“I don’t want to select winners and losers. Once again: Let the consumer choose. However he’s out there, he needs to answer for it due to the fact that he did it from day one and people know it’s not Putin,” Williams stressed.
“People know it’s not anything however the Biden administration and it returns to the whole thing. This economy that we see right now and all the things in the world, it didn’t have to happen,” he said, describing that Biden “could have continued to make us control in energy where we were exporting more than importing.”
“We were the dominant player. We need to come up with a strategy with Canada, United States, and Mexico and run the world in an energy perspective, however he will not wish to do that. He just plays defense and then he goes and speaks with our enemies about supplying us with energy and they will not even talk with him,” Williams stated, deeming it “humiliating.”
“The energy sector and all the things we have– nuclear etc– have got have the ability to thrive and contend which will get our nation going again … It needs to start today,” he added.
Williams, who acts as the Vice Ranking Chairman of your home Small Company Committee, likewise discussed the results of Biden’s economy, particularly on small business owners.
“Luckily, we’re still under the Trump tax cuts which is still driving the economy actually respectable. However the issue is, is this administration has actually refrained from doing anything for Main Street. They continue to speak about raising taxes. The supply chain is a disaster. I’m in the automobile service, I’m a car dealer, so I can tell you all about supply chain and so the truth of the matter is, what you need to do to help Main Street is we have actually got to curb inflation,” he stated, describing that the administration should stop printing and obtaining cash.
The primary way we can start to return to that place, he stated, is starting up the Keystone Pipeline and “all other industry and be the dominant gamer in industry and get cash flow going again,” likewise mentioning the “5 rates of interest walkings that the Fed has actually already discussed.”
“So it’s not an excellent position to be in. At the end of the day I can tell you, being 51 years in business, still using over numerous people back in Texas, we require to cut policies and we need to cut taxes once again and let organizations contend and let the consumer choose who’s winners and losers and get on with it,” the Republican stated. “It’s not going to occur overnight, but we have to have a day we start and I believe it will begin in November when we get your house back.”
When asked what three concerns Republicans require to focus on to get your house back, he noted the economy, border, and pride within the world “where our opponents fear us and pals trust us.”
“We have actually lost that,” he included.