Oct 5, 2026
Everything we're doing is to grow the supply of diesel, to grow the supply of gasoline, and frankly, again, to reverse years of policies that have been directed exactly the opposite-to shrink our ability to produce, refine, and deliver…
Chris Wright
The Public Record
U.S. Secretary of Energy in the Trump administration; founder and former CEO of Liberty Energy.
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October 5, 2026
There's different ways to look at it. He's always looking, 'How do I lower energy prices? How do I lower heating prices, electricity prices, gasoline prices, diesel prices?
— Chris Wright
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by number of sources- Americans are united in their desire to supercharge our economy, to increase our national security by keeping our lead in artificial intelligence over China.12 sources2026iowacapitaldispatch.com
- “Energy is life,” Wright said in a news conference near Allentown, where he met with Lehigh Valley leaders.3 sources2026scdailygazette.com
- “Every project is evaluated in economics — Is that going to increase energy supply, drive down energy prices, and increase energy security? Because that’s how America thrives,” Wright said.3 sources2026scdailygazette.com
- “We lost our way, and we started to spend money only based on decarbonization goals, forgetting American people, forgetting taxpayers, forgetting jobs and opportunity,” Wright said.3 sources2026scdailygazette.com
- “We are reallocating funds that were already dedicated towards the United States electricity grid, but just driving them towards reliability and affordability instead of making things more expensive for political posturing,” Wright said.3 sources2026scdailygazette.com
- If his decisions were political, he would have just kicked the can down the road and delivered a nuclear-armed Iran to the next president.2 sources2026cbsnews.com
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Oct 5, 2026
He knew it was going to elevate energy prices in the short run, he said, 'I'm going to take a hit there, but I got to do the right thing.
Oct 4, 2026
I think things are going reasonably well there but the flip side is, you have to look at every wrench you’ve got to bring a murderous conflict to an end.
Oct 4, 2026
Not only would ending this war end the killing of tens of thousands of people every month, it would dramatically lower energy prices.
Oct 4, 2026
He was well aware of the risk to energy flows that were coming out of the Persian Gulf region.
Oct 4, 2026
The president has taken a strong stand that Iran, the world's greatest terrorist regime, cannot and will not have nuclear weapons.
Oct 4, 2026
If his decisions were political, he would have just kicked the can down the road and delivered a nuclear-armed Iran to the next president.
Oct 2, 2026
“This is a time for a coordinated release of diesel stores as we go into to harvest season and we go into winter heating oil season,”
Sep 27, 2026
Energy is different,' Wright said. 'It’s just central to economies to security to foreign relations.