POLITICO NEWSROOM

Democrats spar with oil industry on gas prices, but GOP blames Biden

Episode Summary

Democrats tore into oil company executives for high gasoline prices at a hearing Wednesday of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, while Republicans used the event to try to pin the blame on President Joe Biden's green energy push. POLITICO’s Josh Siegel spoke to Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) to understand the political strategy behind Wednesday’s hearing.

Episode Notes

Democrats tore into oil company executives for high gasoline prices at a hearing Wednesday of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, while Republicans used the event to try to pin the blame on President Joe Biden's green energy push. POLITICO’s Josh Siegel spoke to Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) to understand the political strategy behind Wednesday’s hearing.

 

Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Kathy Castor represents Florida's 14th congressional district in the United States. 

Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.