On Monday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Tim Moore (R-NC) criticized President Donald Trump easing restrictions on Russian diesel by saying, “I think that we don’t need to be cozying up to Russia in any way, and so, I would rather not go down that road.”
\n\nMoore said, “I think we ought to look at an export ban. We shouldn’t be exporting energy abroad when it’s costing so much here. We get very little to no oil from the Middle East. What’s happened is the international commodity market’s what’s affecting us. I do support initiatives that the president’s taken to allow the off-road diesel to be used. That’s going to save significant amounts. Here in North Carolina, our Republican legislature actually passed legislation to temporarily repeal the state’s gas tax. That’s already dropped gas prices by 40-some-odd cents. On my way here, we were seeing gas at three dollars and 40-something cents a gallon. That’s a lot better. Frankly, I wish in Washington, we had put a stay and rolled back the federal gas tax right now for a period. That would help a lot. But I don’t support the idea of buying diesel from Russia. I know…
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