the saudis share that urgency. reporter: despite how those production increases were only fleeting, biden says he has no regrets about the trip. no. the trip was not essentially for oil. the trip was about the middle east and about israel and rationalization of positions. good afternoon, everybody. reporter: the administration now contemplating next steps, including tapping into the strategic reserves again despite saying 48 hours ago that wasn t on the table. we re not considering new releases, releases from the strategic petroleum reserve beyond the 180 million. reporter: even before opec s decision gas prices were already on their way up after a recent 99-day streak of decline. with 32 days to go before the midterm elections republicans are putting gas prices and biden s energy policies at the forefront. he s made us dependent upon russia, saudi arabia, and now venezuela. he hates american oil field workers so much that he ll never turn to us. reporter: mem
young people out to vote? listen, maybe so. but i ll tell you, a long time coming and it s a good thing. 6500 people right now have these charges on their record. a simple possession charge means you were smoking a joint on the washington mall or a national park. these are not big drug dealers. but it s on their record forever because a federal charge never goes away. so biden just cured that problem for a bunch of people. more importantly, he s saying going forward we ve got to reschedule this thing. listen, people have been fighting for this for a long time. he promised to do it. kamala harris said should i was going to do it in 2021. cory booker s been fighting for this. but people on the right have also been pushing for this. representative nancy mace, tom mcclintock, americans for prosperity. people on the left like the justice round table. in other words, both sides agree it makes no sense to be clogging up the federal courts, clogging up any court system with these