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>> president biden: when the cost of a gallon of gasoline gets to about 330 -- 300 -- $3.35 a gallon, it has profound impact on working-class families just to get back and forth to work. so i don't see anything inconsistent with that but i do think that the idea that russia and saudi arabia and other major producers are not going to pump more oil so people can have gasoline to get to and from work, for example, is -- is not -- is not right. but -- and what we are considering doing on that, i'm reluctant to say before i have to do it. >> sean: joe, you got rid of energy independence that donald...

$3.35 a gallon, it has profound impact on working-class families just to get back and forth to work. so i don't see anything inconsistentac with that but i o think that the idea that russia and saudi arabia and other major producers are not going to pump more oil so people can have gasoline to get to and from work, for example, is -- is not -- is not right. but -- and what we are considering doing on that, i'm reluctant to say before i have to do it. >> sean: joe, you got rid of energy independence that donald trump handed you. you single-handedly reduced the supply on the world market because...

$3.35 it is a profound impact on working class families so i don't see inconsistent with that but i think the idea that russia and saudi arabia and other major producers are not going to pump more oil so people have xwas lean to get to and from work for example is not right. but -- what we're considering doing i'm reluctant to say. >> one of the obviously big problems in the united states for supply chains is not having enough workers. workers have not returned to the labor force. why? >> they move from one job to another. that's a reason why. people don't want to continue to

Opec to some degree and just the, look, i would love to do this. i understand that it's ironic we would like more production coming out of the middle east right now, however, people need to get to work, at $3.35, that is really bad for the average american person who is trying to fill up their car and go to work. that's not necessarily in their messaging documents. >> no, but gas prices can affect an election more than -- >> he called out russia and saudi arabia explicitly on that. >> i think to be honest, whether it will be viewed as a great press conference or a bad press conference, i think...

Jim tanker at the new york times. >> thank you so much i would like to follow up on jeff's question and ask about supply chains as a follow-up to that. on the question of oil prices economist say when you raise the price of something people will consume less of it. why not allow even middle-class people around the world to pay more for gasoline in the hopes that they will consume fewer fossil fuels and admit less. >> they have to get to the automobile enter on the key and get the kids to school. school buses have to run. that's the reason why, you know that. the idea that there's an alternativ...