# Higher Gas Costs Are ‘Busting’ Budgets: Moore

https://mins.news/en/video/22623

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-08-14 22:41 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgfYJqoeFE8

> Wisconsin Democratic Representative Gwen Moore says rising gasoline prices are worsening Americans’ cost-of-living squeeze. She rejects President Donald Trump’s suggestion that people should accept paying “a tiny bit more” at the pump because of the war with Iran, saying even modest increases are causing “chaos and hardship” for families.

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