Cory Booker: “According to the International Energy Agency, as of…”

“No checks, no balances, no oversight, no hearings. What does it mean when Americans all over this country are paying the cost with the worst energy shock crisis in the history of our country? According to the International Energy Agency, as of yesterday, the crisis we are experiencing is larger than the two major oil shocks of the 1970s combined. And what does Congress do? Nothing. No oversight, no hearings, no checks, no balances. Americans are feeling the pain already of this administration cutting health care for millions.” (01:38–01:52)

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