my good friend dan meuser knows, liz you mentioned the strategic petroleum reserve.s at 695 million barrels at its height under president trump. it is under 400 million now. that is approaching 45% reduction. like dan said as well. we should be unleashing american energy, the american energy sector, not relying on saudi arabia. elizabeth: that would keep the u.s. safe, u.s. safe and employed. go ahead. >> yes. >> congressman fallon, finish your thought. >> yes. it was, quid pro quo. that is something that, that doesn't pass the smell test at all. elizabeth: so retaliation for violating a secret deal, congressman meuser. your final word. gas is above the national average in nearly 20 states. about 30 vulnerable house democrats there. retaliation for violating a secret back-room deal? >> no. i think it is ridiculous. why don't they retaliate against joe biden for cutting back two million barrels a day which he has done since president trump was in office? they want to retaliate against the saudis. it's a knee-jerk reaction to the liberal policies that are backfiring. y

elizabeth: congressman meuser thanks for joining us.in hunter biden's chinese business partner had links to chinese liberation army potential psyops units? wow. is congressman greg stuebe next on "evening edit" indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire ♪ whenever heartburn strikes get fast relief with tums. it's time to love food back. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums ♪ ♪ what will you do? ♪ what will you change? ♪ will you make something better? ♪ will you create something entirely new? ♪ our dell technologies advisors provide you with the tools and expertise you need to do incredible things. because we believe there's an innovator in all of us. elizabeth: look who is back with us congressman greg stuebe. you are from state of sorry, we're so for with hurricane ian and your t home state . what is your take, saudi arabia confirming that president and white house did pressure opec to delay cuts in oil output. what do you make of this. >> the white house using thei

congressman dan meuser from the great state of pennsylvania.ng patch in pennsylvania. four years ago fetterman opposed fracking, now he says he is okay with it. do you believe it? >> fetterman is not telling the truth. we have to watch not what these guys say about what they do because they are willing to say anything. we need coal and natural gas, he has been particularly against it. most democrats are. look at the biden administration and the enablers in the house and senate, what they have been doing to our energy industry and the results speak for themselves. how they have an energy policy that is gas backwards. stuart: gas backwards. that is very good. how big is the fracking business in pennsylvania? i am told it is a $5 billion a year business. is that accurate? >> it is accurate and it can be doubled and it holds 400,000 jobs and many indirect positions. natural gas, drilling is safe. we have proven that and it is also the greenest of energies that exist, 50% less carbon emissions than other fossil fuels. it is very important. the reaso

tomorrow at 7 p.m., debbie vi will host a debate between the candidates in district nine, dan meuser and his challenger amanda walden. tonight, we hear from the two candidates competing to represent pennsylvania's eighth district and house of representatives. we have a live audience in the theater at that media studios. they have been instructed to applied only at the beginning, as we heard. and at the conclusion of the debate. let's begin by taking a look at the eighth congressional district. it encompasses the wilkes-barre area up, along with pike and wayne counties angelo county. the district is currently represented by matt cartwright. who faces the challenger jim bogan at. matt cartwright is seeking his sixth term in the u.s. house of representatives. he is currently a member of the house appropriations committee, cherry -- chairman on -- and allied and vice chair for subcommittee on financial services and general government. he has a leadership role in the congress is one of the cochairs of the house democratic policy and communications committee. his challenger jim, is a nativ