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Maryland Republican Andy Harris Blamed Democrats for High Gas…

Representative Andy Harris told a debate crowd that environmental regulations pushed up diesel prices, a cost drivers feel at the pump; the audience was unconvinced.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN Newsroom
Published 3:28 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by The New York Times: “Maryland Republican Andy Harris Blamed Democrats for High Gas Prices. Laughter Ensued.”
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 3:28 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Kamala Harris, Republican, Democrats.
BBN covered this story before: Harris to Trump on press ban: 'Why don't you just leave?' (October 14).

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The New York TimesMaryland Republican Andy Harris Blamed Democrats for High Gas Prices. Laughter Ensued.

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRepresentative Andy Harris, a Maryland Republican, said at a debate that environmental regulations caused diesel prices to rise, and some in the audience groaned and laughed.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJoining us from a minimum-security prison is Lyle Vandersloot, inmate forty-thousand four hundred seventeen. Lyle, was the crowd right to groan?
Lyle Hobart VanderslootHank, I've thought about diesel more than any man in this building.
Lyle Hobart VanderslootAllegedly, a friend of mine once moved a lot of it, and he'd say prices come from a hundred places, and a groan is cheap.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo is the congressman wrong that regulations are the cause?
Lyle Hobart VanderslootI can't speak to regulations.
Lyle Hobart VanderslootI can speak to a school bus depot at two in the morning, where allegedly a friend of mine, meaning me, held a hose for forty minutes.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMeaning you.
Lyle Hobart VanderslootMeaning a friend. But the hose is right here, and I'm only holding it for him, and it still smells like October.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBut you didn't answer the question about prices. Do you blame the regulations, yes or no?
Lyle Hobart VanderslootI blame the guard who found the bus. Put me down as a consultant, Hank, I'll work cheap.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNoted, Lyle. The hose is now evidence in two different matters.

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