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>> the gas prices up 28 straight days and counting. two senate democrats up for reelection are calling for a national federal gas tax holiday. democrats is to be a problem for the midterms. i read from our presidio and ahren freeman this is a big issue. >> is the recognition that we have inflation going the way it is, gas prices being up. they are unable to move their agenda, so you have to grasp at straws and make the american people think you are doing something. gas tax is $0.18. if you suspended for a year, it could be doubled back up only

10% inflation being the very real possibility. yes pair there are bandits. i have the government talk about, well let's tap the spr, the emergency reserves once again. let's cut for the rest of the year, the federal gas tax that's about $0.18 a gallon. why don't states cut their gas tax too? okay great. that helps just a little bit. the best thing that could have been done, was getting keystone pipeline online. you don't happen last week, guess what the admin's ration did, they stop new drilling for gas and oil on federal land. it's amazing. they just keep going in the wrong direction. now, we...

Blended gasoline. is that something, you mention that a menu of options. something specifically that the white house is considering? >> in the menu of options. >> any comment on maryland moving towards suspension of their state's gasoline tax? >> there are a number of other states who have taken that step. again, there's a range of domestic options. i would note that from the federal standpoint, the gasoline tax is about $0.18, right. so we are also looking at a range of options that might have different types of impacts. >> brought up $0.18. is that because -- it wouldn't have much of an impa...

>> julie: lawmakers on capitol hill are not waiting for the biden administration to get a handle on rising gas prices. a bill to suspend the federal gas tax gaining momentum. william is falling this for you. william? >> the administration has not ruled out a gas tax holiday. states considering that. to california. $6.19 a gallon here. republican lawmakers tried to suspend that yesterday, but failed. >> if they could do anything doubt that, it would be helpful. $0.18 a gallon with tax, taxes are there for a reason. they pay for potholes, freeways, highways. everything we was on a daily basis. >...

They're very selfless once given a second chance. it is heartbreaking to hear that people who were incarcerated were having to get out there and try to save lives. and i hope that helps us understand people who are incarcerated aren't just not worthy of a second chance. if anything that shows that people like them deserve them. >> yeah, absolutely. you're joining us from the celebration bowl, the football game between hbcus there in atlanta. i think about the folks there who will graduate trying to get good jobs and you think about the employers who are exploiting this labor, inmates or incarc...