#shorts On 1/27/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “gas prices: It could hit $4.00 in the next couple of months — the national average — according to a lot of the experts, like GasBuddy. How likely is it that the President taps into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve again this year to try to lower prices?”

KJP: … the price of gas is still down about $1.50 since — since June peak … in contrast to what the White — the House Republicans want to do — we have that SPR bill that they put forward in trying to, you know, stop the President for doing everything that he can to lower cost. And so we’re doing the opposite …

Reporter: And what about refilling it? Especially now that oil prices are climbing again, it could get up to $110 a barrel. When do you see the timeline for refilling it?

KJP: So we had laid out the plan of how that was going to work. I don’t have anything updated on that. I would refer you to the Department of Energy for any specifics to that.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/c6NuAcLtQfM
Q: gas prices going up, now do you deplete Reserve more or refill it?