David McCormick: “$5 trillion of new spending that's driven up inflation.”

“It was a rediscovery of common sense. We need a rediscovery of common sense. Common sense that we can't spend our way out of the challenges we have $5 trillion of new spending that's driven up inflation. It's common sense that is the greatest energy commonwealth in the country, is one of the great natural gas reserves in the world. We need to unlock our energy sector.” (16:50–16:54)

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