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They know they dont have the votes on capitol hill. the energy secretary meeting behind the scenes with oil executives, trying to address that refinery issue. when you talk to democrats on capitol hill, they want more of that. they want things they can point to, actions, or rhetoric. they want people to blame besides putins price hikes. white house officials went to capitol hill to brief democrats on economic messaging. thats what the invitation said. they showed up late. they did not give a lot...

Determination, the difference between gouging and supply and demand price indicators so id ask you to remember one thing. the refineries, at least five or six in houston, are still down so we have a refinery issue on one side and increased demand on the other side. so thats necessarily generally going to raise prices but its a short-term price spike in our experience. well try to differentiate that from gouging as we examine any potential allegations of that practice. but for right now, floridia...

And supply and demand. the refineries, five or six of them, are down. we have a refinery issue on one side, and increased demand issue on one side. it is necessarily going to raise prices, but it is a short term price spike in our experience. we will try to differentuaiate that now from gouging. so, im not of the opinion that i have to issue too many warnings from this podium again, but if anyone missed me last time, gouging will not be tolerated, period. i know sarah is here with more to do. sc...

Is that the rational? and if that is the case what would be different this february from february a year ago? >> its totally different. lets talk about hurricane sand deal. out on the east coast of course that set back that refining process back weeks, if not months, if not years. we had a very cold winter in europe. usually we get he can ports from europe. not happening this year. you look on the west coast a few months ago we had a major refinery fire. the refineries that would have gone into ...

The storm. if the storm passes, and there is no damage, prices generally fall further than the run up of the anticipation because people do not buy as much gasoline. hour, if you shut down some of the refineries, they goer line and we saw what happened in california. we saw what happened here in illinois area with the refinery issue. it can take months to bring them back online. that means higher prices for sustainable period of time. >>neil: thank you, sir. >> we will go like, this saturday, be...

Thing, the refineries, five or six in houston are still down. we have a refinery issue on one side and increased demand issue on the other side. thats not necessarily going to raise prices but a short term price spike in our experience. well try to differentiate that from gouging as we examine any potential allegations of that practice. for now, floridians are used to this and pretty well used to their attorney general prosecuting them in florida. so im not of the opinion that i have to issue ma...

Todays national average $3.76 a gallon. maybe in your area a little higher or lower than that. its the fastest run up weve seen in gas prices since 2005. now our government says state and local taxes are helping to fuel these prices at the pump. elizabeth mcdonald is on this story today. liz. >> reporter: the argument and debate down on wall street is why are gas prices zooming so much higher? yes its a refinery issue, yes its a switch to summer blends, but also the u.s. government is weighing i...

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