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Would increase production and oil prices were coming down. lets hope -- for consumer sake -- >> bill: we were begging opec to produce more oil, at home, we retreated on oil policy. steve, i got to go. producing oil at home. bill, kong grat -- congratulations on your bengals. >> bill: thank you. well owned that, one more, we need one more. thank you. blowout number. >> dana: i almost shouted amen when he said why arent we producing our own oil. i didnt want to -- >> bill: you can. >> dana: many t...

Of labor demand, workers have a lot more bargaining clout. that is at the core of the economics. strong bargaining cloud so we ensure working people benefit from economic growth and we also have inflation issues that we should get into that are out there as well. but at the same time against the backdrop of that inflation is the fastest growing economy in 40 years with the tightest labor market in generations. >> what about the record enrollment for the affordable care act? how does that affect ...

Make any sense so you just never know what putin is thinking. mike: on the us economy, strong jobs report friday, 460,000 new jobs created in january that is clearly good news for those people who have found work. are the american people feeling an improvement in the economy, congressman? >> i do think the american people are feeling improvement in the economy. we are adding a lot of jobs here in texas. we continue to see strong growth here and nationally if you look at the fact that we had over...

Change, though, and hasnt changed frankly over the last year is that this is a white house that even when they do get good economic news, yes, obviously they want to trumpet it, but they always come back to the fact this is a very uneven recovery, a recovery that is hard to capture, and they like to focus on the bigger trend lines. i think youll hear the president later this morning once again talking about the bigger trend lines including, for example, based on all the revisions over the last y...

Unable so far despite the positive jobs numbers, unemployment ticking up just a tich to 4%. still historically low. hes still facing head winds of voters who are not buying by and large, alex, that the economy is moving in the right direction. theres a lot of focus on the inflation issues, on the continuing supply chain issues, and so thats really where president bidens task is from now to november. because voters vote based on their pocket books and the tasks for democrats is to find out how th...

Blame instead of dealing with the records they created on these policies. you look at the freedom convoy, president biden, all he sees there is an opportunity to create another enemy. to create another foil. instead of listening, listen to these guys. they are the backbone of moving goods around this country, that is a problem, america needs solved. maybe we should listen to their concerns. it may be the president should get ahead and act a little bit on them. just maybe if he did that wed start...

Spending it on. with inflation off the charts, joe biden wants to keep spending and wants to label anything covid spending. im pretty skeptical as you can see. >> critics continue to point out theres already unspent funding from the roughly $6 trillion in covid aid thats been authorized since the very beginning of the pandemic adding to their concerns about rising debt and sky-rocketing inflation issues. you heard josh holly mention that a moment ago. all is happening as a new quinnipiac univers...

Open it up knowing that americans are struggling so it is the biden gas hike and we are taking advantage and registering voters across the country at gas stations of all places. >> steve: sure, because people are angry. and we have been talking over the last couple of months about how people are actually deciding do i fill up my car or do i pay all my bills because a lot of people cant do both. >> totally. and there is people in texas right now, steve, that are crossing the border into mexico. b...

Bidens inflation issues sent us up the first leg that consumers saw. instead of saying drillers well subsidize you and step back and let markets regulate themselves and let business regulate itself, he is looking overseas to opec and qatar for natural gas and saying well take away any of the looser regulations that president trump gave you to have this industry hum along and so this is also going to contribute to the problems that consumers are seeing and households are seeing, right? some of th...

That, but then there is still this overwhelming feeling in the united states and repeat polling shows it only a third of respondents approve how the president is handling the economy, why is there a disconnect between the state of the economy when we see numbers like this? >> reporter: i think the base of it goes back to predominantly covid-19 and what people have gone through in the last two years quite honestly, the ukraine situation is putting fear in people as well, the uncertainty of whats ...