Pat Toomey

Exclusive – Sen. Bill Cassidy: Fed Nominee’s Climate Policies to Kill Oil and Gas Jobs, Give Russia ‘Leverage’ over the World

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview Thursday that Sarah Bloom Raskin, one of President Joe Biden’s nominees to serve on the Federal Reserve board of governors, has advocated for policies that would eliminate thousands of oil and natural gas jobs in his state and give Russia more “leverage” over the world.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 11: Republican Senator from Louisiana Bill Cassidy questions Rochelle Walensky , Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19, in the Dirksen …

Toomey: Biden Tapping Petroleum Reserve Won’t Work, OPEC Will Just Cut Production to Keep Prices High

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) argued that President Joe Biden tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve won’t work to reduce gas prices because “the swing producers in OPEC can decide to just scale back what they produce to make sure that the prices stay high.” And that “you can’t begin the process of crushing supply and not expect to see a price spike.”

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) leaves the Senate chamber during a recess in the Senate impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump continues at the U.S. Capitol on January 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Thursday, Senators continue asking questions for the House impeachment managers and …