White House Chief of Staff: Draining the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Worked to Bring Gas Prices Down

KLAIN: “Well, I say first of all, we — we had Republicans say, hey, he needs to do something about gas prices and then we did something about gas prices and they’re like, well — well, don’t do that. So — so, it’s hard for me to take the criticism very seriously. Look, we’ve had a policy this year of a historic release from the petroleum reserve, and it’s worked to bring the price of gas down.