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Published: 20:35 BST, 7 June 2022 | Updated: 21:05 BST, 7 June 2022
Joe Biden 's Commerce Secretary admitted Tuesday that the administration can't do anything to help relieve the surging price of gas – instead placing the blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine at the end of February.
'Unfortunately, that is the brutal reality,' Gina Raimondo told CNN when asked what President Biden can do to relieve Americans' wallets at the gas pump.
'You know,' Raimondo added, 'this is, in large part, caused by Putin's aggression. You know, since Putin moved troops to the border of Ukraine, gas prices have gone up over $1.40 a gallon, and the President is asking for Congress and others for potential ideas.
'But as you say, the reality is that there isn't very much more to be done,' she said.
As of Tuesday, the average price per gallon of gas in the U.S. reached a new high of $4.92 – with many Americans seeing the cost to fill up their tank exceed $100.
Raimondo warned that prices will not go down until an end to the war in Ukraine, which has gone on for over three months.
A poll released Sunday shows that when it comes to gas prices, 74 percent of Americans say that the issue will be at the top of their mind when they head to cast their vote in the 2022 midterm elections.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo admitted to CNN Tuesday 'that there isn't very much' the Biden administration can do to relieve spiking gas prices
The average price per gallon of gas in the U.S. reached a new high of $4.92 on Tuesday
The ABC News/Ipsos survey showed that 72 percent of Americans disapprove of Biden's handling of gas prices – as the administration continues to call it the 'Putin gas hike,' and places the blame on the conflict in Eastern Europe.
Only 27 percent of Americans approve of how Biden is handling gas prices, according to the poll taken among 542 American adults between June 3-4.
Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow dismissed Americans' concerns over gas prices on Tuesday, saying that it 'doesn't matter' to her because she has an electric vehicle.
Instead she urged the country to move toward electric cars in order to decrease reliability on greedy oil companies and foreign markets.
'On the issue of gas prices – after waiting for a long time to have enough chips in this country to finally get my electric vehicle – I got it and drove it from Michigan to here this last weekend and went by every gas station and it didn't matter how high it was,' the Michigan senator said during a hearing on President Joe Biden's budget proposal.
She added: 'I'm looking forward to the opportunity for us to move to vehicles that aren't going to be dependent on the whims of the oil companies and the international markets.'
United States senators make an annual salary of $174,000.
The average cost of an electric vehicle, according to Kelley Blue Book, is $56,437, which is approximately $10,000 higher than the industry average including cars that are electric and gas.
Michigan's average household income is $59,234 between 2016-2020 – just a few thousand over the typical cost of an EV, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Democratic Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow said that it 'doesn't matter' to her how high gas prices get because she has an electric vehicle and doesn't have to worry about it
In Michigan the price per gallon sits higher than the national average at $5.17, according to AAA's tracker.
Stabenow's office did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com regarding the senator's comments.
Some of President Joe Biden's lowest marks are on his handling of gas prices, which the administration continues to dub the 'Putin gas price hike' in an attempt to peg the continually inflating numbers on the war in Eastern Europe.
Raimondo suggested on Tuesday the possibility of a gas tax holiday – but that would require congressional action. She also pointed to steps Biden has taken in tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserves, which has had nearly no effect on gas prices.
'But again, especially what we need to do is get Putin to end this war. And that is also something that we are working as hard as we can to do,' Raimondo said.
'The President is thinking about this every day and pushing his team and Congress to come up with any idea possible because we're deeply aware of how this is hurting American families.'
Michigan is a battleground state that went marginally red in 2016 for Trump by just 0.3 percent and swung back to blue in 2020, going 50.6 percent for Biden and 47.8 for the former president's reelection.
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll shows that 83 percent of Americans say that the economy is either an extremely or very important issue in determining how they will vote in the 2022 midterms – and a vast majority disapprove of Biden's handling of economic recovery, inflation and gas prices
Stabenow's comments downplaying concerns of Americans who are struggling to afford the $100 plus it cost to fill their cars' gas tanks came during a hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about soaring inflation.
The Democratic senator from Michigan is on the Senate Finance Committee, where Yellen was testifying on Tuesday about Biden's Fiscal Year 2023 budget amid record-high inflation.
Stabenow is currently in the middle of her third term in the upper chamber of Congress. Before that she served as a member of the House of Representatives for Michigan's 8th district from 1997 until her election to the Senate in 2001.
When adjusted to reflect inflation of the value in 2020, Stabenow has been making over $212,000 per year since becoming a member of Congress in the late 1990s.
Gasoline prices set another new record high on Tuesday, averaging $4.92 per gallon for regular just as many families prepare to set off on their summer vacations.
Average gas prices have jumped 30 cents in the past week, and $1.87 from a year ago, according to the AAA Gas Price Index , and are now on pace to top $5 per gallon by the end of this week.
California remains the most expensive state for gas by a wide margin, and pump prices in the Golden State now average $6.37 per gallon.
A total of 13 states, as well as Washington DC , now average more than $5 per gallon, with more due to join their ranks in the coming days as supply fails to keep pace with demand.
'People are still fueling up, despite these high prices,' said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson, in a statement on Monday.
'At some point, drivers may change their daily driving habits or lifestyle due to these high prices, but we are not there yet,' he added.
On Tuesday, the states that had exceeded a $5 per gallon average were: Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Indiana, Arizona, Michigan, Alaska, Illinois, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Nevada and California.
Georgia had the cheapest gas in the nation at $4.33 per gallon, which nevertheless represented an all-time record high for the Peach State.
Soaring gas prices and high inflation for other basic goods have emerged as key issues for President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats ahead of the mid-term elections.
Gas prices have now more than doubled since Biden took office in January 2020, when the national average stood at $2.39.
A recent ABC News/Ipsos poll found that 83 percent of Americans say that the economy is either an extremely or very important issue in determining how they will vote in November.
Gasoline prices set another new record high on Tuesday, averaging $4.92 per gallon
When it comes to economic issues, Biden scores the worst on gas prices, with 72 percent of voters disapproving of his handling of the issue.
Only 27 percent of Americans approve of how Biden is handling gas prices.
The administration continues to call rising gas prices 'Putin's price hike,' and places the blame on the conflict in Eastern Europe.
Last week, Biden touted strong employment growth and an unemployment rate near the six-decade low reached prior to the pandemic as indicators that the economy is in a 'position of strength.'
'And there is no denying that high prices, particularly around gasoline and food, are a real problem for people,' Biden said in remarks on Friday.
'But there is every reason for the American people to feel confident that we’ll meet these challenges. Because of the enormous progress we’ve made on the economy, the Americans can tackle inflation from a position of strength,' he added.
Republican critics blame Biden's domestic energy policies for a decline in oil production, saying that his administration is waging a 'war on American energy'.
'Joe Biden's war on American energy has forced families across the country to empty their wallets to fill their tanks,' said Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in a statement over the weekend.
'Unfortunately, Biden is doubling-down on his disastrous agenda because he's not the one paying the price – the American people are.'
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SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Let me just start by saying how wonderful it is to be back in Germany for what is I think my sixth time as Secretary of State. There are reminders of my country’s partnership with Germany everywhere in this city, including right here in this building. This bank administered the Marshall Plan funds that helped rebuild Germany and Europe after World War II.
We knew that a secure, prosperous, and democratic Europe was strongly in the interests of the United States, Europe, and the world. That was true then. It remains true today. Here in Berlin five months ago, I gave a speech about Russia’s impending aggression against Ukraine. Our intelligence revealed that President Putin was mobilizing for war, and to frame the stakes and prepare our partners, I laid out why that would be so dangerous for the people of Ukraine, for the people of Europe, indeed for people around the world.
I said that Russia was taking aim not only at Ukraine, but at the fundamental principles of peace and security that were established in the wake of two world wars and the Cold War that one country can’t simply change the borders of another by force or subjugate a sovereign nation to its will or dictate its choices or policies. A few weeks later, the war began. Today, it enters its fifth month.
Thousands of civilians, tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed or wounded. Cities have been flattened. Millions of Ukrainians have fled their homes. Beyond Ukraine, the global food crisis has spiked due to the war. Russia has destroyed Ukraine’s agricultural infrastructure, including its second-largest grain terminal earlier this month. It’s blockading Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea, preventing crops like grain and corn from being shipped worldwide.
There are about 25 million tons of grain stuck in Ukraine because of this Russian blockade. We spent some time today in the G7 meeting and then in the extraordinary session convened by my German colleague on the growing food insecurity crisis that has been accelerated by Russia’s war of aggression and the steps that countries are taking to address it. These months have been brutal for Ukraine. They’ve been very difficult for countries and people around the world, and the truth is it’s likely to stay that way for some time.
So let’s recall for a minute what we’re working to do and why we’re working to do it. First, we are helping Ukraine survive as a democratic, independent, sovereign state. The UN Charter promises that to every country. Russia, as a permanent member of the Security Council, is violating that charter every single day. Ukraine is fighting with extraordinary courage.
A war that President Putin thought would be over in a matter of days has now stretched on for months. They’re fighting not just for themselves, but for all of us, because if Russia gets away with violating the fundamental principles that are at stake, it’s not just the Ukrainian people who will suffer. It will drag us back to a much more dangerous time, a much more unstable time. It will send a message that these principles are somehow expendable, and that would make many countries around the world vulnerable to the very aggression to which Ukraine is now subject.
Yesterday, I authorized a drawdown of up to $450 million in arms and other equipment from the U.S. Defense Department inventories, including high-mobility artillery rocket systems, tens of thousands of additional rounds of ammunition for artillery systems that Ukraine has already received, including howitzers and patrol boats to help Ukraine defend its coast and its waterways. This is now our 13th drawdown for Ukraine’s defense since August of 2021. That brings our total military assistance to Ukraine to more than $6.1 billion since the war began. We’re giving Ukraine the support it needs to defend itself. For as long as it takes, we will continue to do so.
There have been recent reports that Russia’s limited military gains in eastern Ukraine are sparking concerns in Europe and beyond about the war’s trajectory, so let me be clear about a few things.
First, Ukraine is defending itself with extraordinary courage and resilience, and Russia has already lost. President Putin’s objective, in his own words, was to eliminate Ukraine as a sovereign, independent country. That effort has failed. A sovereign, independent Ukraine is going to be around a lot longer than President Putin is on the scene.
In terms of its military campaign, Russian forces failed badly in their attempt to capture Kyiv. Due to stiff Ukrainian resistance, Russia has dramatically altered its strategy. It scaled back its near-term objectives and focused instead on capturing territory in the east to try to shift the momentum and allow President Putin to falsely claim victory.
But while Russia has made slow, painful gains in one region, those gains have been far from decisive, and they’ve come at extraordinarily high cost. Public reports indicate that tens of thousands of Russian troops have been killed or wounded since the aggression began, and Russia continues to lose a large numb
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