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Welcome back. with americans piling into cars to see family for the holidays president biden made a move today to tackle rising gas prices. the white house announced 50 million barrels of oil from the strategic pa petroleum reserve available at lower price to smooth a mismatch in supply and demand. the decision was made in concert with other countries including india, japan and south korea in response to oil rich nations rejecting calls to increase production as the global economy recovers from the covid pandemic. president biden is scheduled to give remarks on the economy this afternoon from the white house as the rise in gas prices and inflation across the board have weighed down his efforts to sell this two-track domestic agenda to congress and the american people. while the white house would rather talk about remedies for america s long-term economic health they re grappling with short-term economic pinches too. joining me from the white house my nbc news colleague mike memoli. mik ....
50 in the senate. knew what you meant. ask you another question quickly about redistricting. according to the washington post in 15 states finalized their math number of competitive seats across the states goes from 23 to 10. in illinois looks like adam kinzinger now announced not running for re-election anyway, it would be squeezed out of his district, had he run. does this process we re seeing now, do you thinks going to lead to more less polarized congress whoever s in control next year? we ve seen gerrymandering lead to increased polarizations in past years. we re at at peak. difficult to get people to talk to each other whether in the house or back home. i know something i m committed to reaching across the aisle working together and proud to be part of the bipartisan caucus, 29 democrats, 29 republicans. i say at home i run as a democrat but i represent everyone in my district, republicans, democrats and all of those in between. i think we need more of that. ....
To pay attention to especially. mike memoli, thank you. turning to congress. joining me illinois democratic congressman brad schneider. what do you think about the move by the white house on this strategic petroleum reserve? a worthwhile step on its own but needs to be step one of a bigger policy change? garrett, thanks for having me. immediate action, but we need to look to the future. the build back better act by making health care more affordable, capping cost of prescription drugs and lowering cost the child care is accepted long termg. we need to do both. we need to look to today and also to the future. america s most second powerful joe, joe manchin, but out a statement a little while ale calling this an important policy band-aid. would you like to see the ....
Largest investment in affordable housing, investment making health care more affordable. caps seniors drug expenses to $2,000. families paying $1,000 a month today on insulin, they re going to pay no more than $35 a month. things that have immediate impact and will change people s lives to the positive. hearing that, talking about is what we re doing and how we re doing it in constructive ways or responsible ways. we made sure this bill is paid for. also what i m hearing, see congress working on their behalf addressing everyday issues facing today. kitchen table issues alissa is talking about. also making sure that our kids futcher is secure and sacrifices our parents made for us are worthwhile and deliver a good future for our children as well. do congressional democrats make a mistake along the way somewhere to allow the process to become so much about what was it, what this bill was rather than what was in the bill? i recognize i opened myself up to a significant media critique ....