U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh touted federal infrastructure and job training investments during a visit to Indianapolis and Northern Indiana Wednesday.
the gas pump. but for 13 state weeks we saw a reduction because of president biden s policies and decisions we saw gas prices coming down. you clearly opec caught the administration by surprise and the decision they made yesterday so we re reajusting to deal with the decisions they ve made. we re out of time. part of the refinery issues is what is driving prices up in the midwest and on the west coast. and others would argue that this administration could do a whole lot more to that would open the door for more oil production here in the united states. that is a conversation for another member of the biden administration and we ll have it with them. no. true. but real quickly. real quickly, if the last administration made investments in refineries we wouldn t be where we are today. secretary walsh, thank you for your time this morning. we are just over a month away from the midterm elections. up next, the fiery senate debate
last month. what do you say to americans right now, secretary walsh, who at this point may be losing confidence that the biden administration can make this economy work for them when three out of four americans say the economy is either not so good or poor. well certainly when it comes to energy and what we re dealing with gas, i mean, that certainly was not created by this administration. we re dealing with a war in ukraine that you guys report on every day which is very sad. you re talking about decisions opec has made. which is very disappointing as well. and i think what it does is for too long america has been too dependent on foreign energy and think that the president has made it very clear in the inflation reduction act to be less dependent on energy supplies whether it is oil or gas as we move forward here. we need to continue to do that. we re seeing more production to deal with the issue immediately. we re seeing our refineries ramping up here in the united states of ame