National Economic Council Director Brian Deese declined to specifically name any oil and gas companies that President Biden blamed earlier Thursday for exploiting the rise in energy prices.
"I want to give you an opportunity, for Americans who want to do the patriotic thing, where should they be going to buy their gas right now?" the reporter asked. "Are there good companies that have worked with the administration and folks that you're frustrated with right now?"
"And that means doing everything we can to bring down the price of gas at the pump everywhere," Deese continued. "And so that's our focus, and the issue of the prices of gas going up very quickly and tracking oil prices and coming down much more slowly is not new. It's old enough that economists have a particular term associated with it called rockets and feathers.
Biden also called on Congress to force oil companies to pay fees for unused leases, accusing energy producers of "hoarding" wells on federal lands. He said that companies "sitting on unused leases and idle wells will either have to start producing or pay the price for their inaction."
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