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On Thursday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Closing Bell,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm responded to a question on historical evidence from Europe and the U.S. that a windfall profits tax like the one floated by President Joe Biden would hurt production by stating that the “preference” is that companies lower prices or increase production without a windfall profits tax being imposed and that if a tax is implemented it would be designed to encourage more production. Host Sara Eisen asked, “I guess what I’m wondering, though, is the windfall tax the way to do that? Haven’t we seen evidence in Europe and...

During a portion of an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of “The Issue Is,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg responded to a question on whether he likes California’s plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035 — a plan that drew praise from Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm last week — and whether he thinks it could be a national model by stating that it’s “interesting” to see what states are doing and he’s “really interested to follow these developments” at the state level. Host Elex Michaelson asked, “California recently announced that, by 2035, all vehicles that are new...

During a portion of an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of “The Issue Is,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm praised California’s proposal to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035 and said the plan “could be” a national model, but acknowledged that the price of electric vehicles has to come down and the power grid has to be expanded. Host Elex Michaelson asked, “California made national headlines by becoming the first state to say, by 2035, we’re not going to have any gas-powered vehicles that are new that are being sold. You can still drive your old ones, but...

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on this week’s “Fox News Sunday” broadcast that if China opens up significantly after their extreme COVID lockdowns, there will likely be a spike in gas prices.

Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm suggested in a recent interview that the United States’ green energy push will be the "greatest peace plan" in world history. "If we want to be energy secure and energy independent, that means we've got to produce our own energy," Granholm said in an interview with VOA News on Friday. "My counterpart in Ireland, the energy minister there, has said that no one has ever weaponized access to the sun. No one has ever weaponized the wind. Perhaps a move to clean energy will be the greatest peace plan the world has ever known."

While several legal scholars have suggested it specious, a prominent constitutional law professor on Tuesday defended the lawsuit backed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox challenging the legality of recently-signed health care reform legislation. Cox last month joined more than a dozen other state attorneys general on a lawsuit filed in Florida that contends the federal government does not have the right to require health coverage and is violating the U.S. Constitution by forcing individual mandates in states without providing the resources to pay for it. “These claims are highly plausible. Whether they are ultimately successful at the Supreme Court...

If anyone ever pondered what disasters would await the country if the Whitehouse did fall into the clammy hands of the Democrats we only have to look towards my home state of Michigan. Facing an enormous budget deficit caused by the far left governor Grandholm driving away businesses such as Pfizer and Comerica she resorted to the time tested democratic strategy of raising taxes for the “Rich”, so as Grandholm put it we can “Invest in our State”. Unlike most investments however I sincerely doubt any of Michigan’s taxpayers will be seeing a return on this investment anytime soon. Only...

<p>LANSING - The incoming chair of the Michigan Democratic Party called on Attorney General Michael Cox to resign Friday for declining Gov. Jennifer Granholm's request to represent her in the University of Michigan affirmative action case.</p> <p>Detroit lawyer Melvin ``Butch'' Hollowell said Cox's refusal to file a brief requested by Granholm was inexcusable and unprecedented. The attorney general is required to represent the governor, and if Cox disagrees he should give up the job, Hollowell said.</p>