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Rep. Cline to Newsmax: 'Rough Winter' Ahead Due to Energy Costs

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Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., told Newsmax's "Wake Up America" show on Thursday that many Americans are in for a "rough winter" due to soaring prices of home heating-oil, electricity, and gas.

Also on Thursday, news came that consumer price increases eased to 7.7% in October, compared to a reading of 8.2% in September, according to NBC News.

But Cline, a member of the House Budget Committee, said: "The worst inflation we're seeing right now is a spike in energy prices: gasoline, electricity, home heating oil. We're going to see a 17% spike in price there. That is coming at a time when the president is just about to end his raid on the gas reserve.

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