Congress should curtail the president’s emergency powers

Published July 23, 2022 12:00am ET



If the world were really suffering a climate emergency, President Joe Biden would not have traveled thousands of miles to beg the Saudis to produce more oil just to drive down gas prices ahead of an election he fears his party is going to lose.

If Biden really thought there were a climate emergency, he would not be talking about bringing down the price of gas at all. Instead, he would be trying to make it higher on purpose to discourage people from driving so much.

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