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Cliff Bentz: “What the President has been doing over the past year and a…”

Featuring: Cliff Bentz, Republican | U.S. House Oregon, 2nd Congressional District

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Congressman Bentz (OR-02) joins Ike Wingate on 'America' with NewsMax2

Published | Video Starts at 03:38

It's, it would be something, but it wouldn't be very much when it comes to people paying $1.50 more per gallon now than they were previously. So, yeah, there's some things there. But what, What the President has been doing over the past year and a half of his presidency to increase the amount of oil being produced in the United States, to issue new tax regulations in the great big beautiful bill that, that benefit oil exploration, expanding the amount of leases, all the things that he was doing already to try to increase the amount of fuel that and oil that we produce in the United States, those are paying off. They don't pay off instantly, but they will pay off over time. So we're going in the right direction, but sadly people are going to have to pay more for a while. (03:38–04:05)

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Asserts that the President's actions to increase US oil production and exploration are starting to pay off.

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