"Here's what your president did when he first came to office," said Hawley. "He immediately re-entered the Paris Climate Accord, he canceled the Keystone Pipeline, he halted leasing programs in ANWR, he issued a sixty-day halt on all new oil and gas leases and drilling permits on federal lands and waters ... that accounts for 25 percent of US oil production. He directed federal agencies to eliminate all support efforts for fossil fuels, he imposed new regulations on oil and gas, and methane emissions; those were all just in the first few days! Are you telling me that's had no effect on our energy supply?" 

The energy secretary then tried to point to a survey, which claimed that the majority of oil and gas executives believed Biden’s policies had “nothing to do with the increase in price of oil,” but Hawley once again interjected, claiming that he had no interest in the opinions of those people and that he was only interested in facts.

“Is that your testimony? Are you telling me under oath that these policies had no effect?" questioned Hawley, stating that Granholm’s answers were insulting and demanding that she give a clear answer as to what the administration is doing to lower gas prices.

Grahnolm replied by giving a vague statement about the US Energy Department “calling for an increase in supply” and asking domestic and international oil and gas manufacturers to up their production, but gave no specifics as to how that process is actually being carried out.

The heated exchange comes as the national average cost of a regular gallon of gasoline in the US reached $4.589 on Thursday morning, beating records set just days prior. Washington has insisted that the rising prices are solely the fault of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and President Joe Biden, as well as other US officials have repeatedly referred to it as the “Putin price hike”.

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