We have racked up way too much debt. We need to do our job and begin to pull back on that spending that has driven inflation. But the second thing is energy independence. Diesel fuel moves the world. And you want to bring down the price of groceries, you bring down the price of diesel fuel. We have to have low cost energy. And the president knows that more clearly than anybody. (09:09–09:12)
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