The following is the transcript of the interview with Energy Secretary Chris Wright that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sept. 6, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: We begin today with the U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, who joins us from Denver.
Secretary, it is Labor Day, and Secretary Bessent had predicted we'd see three-dollar gas by September 20th, depending on the Iran talks. Do you think we're going to be back at three bucks in the next two weeks? SECRETARY OF ENERGY CHRIS WRIGHT: Well, we've passed peak demand time with Labor Day tomorrow, the end of the summer driving season, and the Trump administration a couple weeks ago rolled out a change in regulations that'll allow American refiners to produce more gasoline and diesel with their existing equipment.
So, seeing demand likely go down in the next few weeks and supply going up, I think prices headed downward is- is not an unreasonable expectation. MARGARET BRENNAN: What about the diesel fuel that trucks and trains rely so heavily on? We saw that record high price of $5.89 a gallon this week.
Is for example, an export ban off the table? WRIGHT: You want to keep as much energy flowing as possible. The diesel situation has been challenging because Russian refineries have suffered significant damage.
Russia used to be a meaningful exporter of diesel. Today, today they don't export any diesel, and in fact, they've become a meaningful importer of gasoline. So its global refining capacity is why gasoline and diesel prices are high, even more than oil prices.
And this is- for 17 years, Democrat policies have been attack hydrocarbons, get as many refineries and coal plants closed. You could summarize their energy and climate policies in two words, expensive energy. MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, you could also say Russia shouldn't have invaded Ukraine, and then they'd still be able to export.
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