#shorts Doocy: So, you’re asking oil companies to further lower gas prices. What makes you think that they are going to listen to an administration that is ultimately trying to put them out of business?

Jean-Pierre: How — how is the administration trying to put them out of business?

Doocy: Well, they produce fossil fuels, and this President says he wants to end fossil fuel.

Jean-Pierre: So look, I — you kind of asked me this question yesterday. And here’s — here’s where — what we would say: U.S. oil production is up and on track to reach a record high next year. We’ve seen that from their — from when we see their profit margins. They are — they — you know, it’s record high.
Reporter: Thanks, Karine. The 15 million barrels of oil the President talked about today, it’s — when you put that into context, Americans consume an average of nearly 20 million barrels of oil a day.

So, for the actual impact of this announcement, when can Americans actually expect to see results of this when they’re filling up at the gas station?

Jean-Pierre: … the work or — the work that the President has taken when it comes to this historic decision with the stroleum [sic] — the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has — we have seen the effects. We have seen gas prices go down. So, again, the President is going to do everything that he can to make sure that we — we make the lives of American families a little bit easier.