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	"plain_text": "'Don't panic,' Biden tells Americans facing gasoline shortages from\r\npipeline attack\r\nBy Justin Gomez\r\nPublished: 2021-05-13 · Archived: 2026-04-05 20:33:17 UTC\r\nHoping to ease concerns of millions of Americans experiencing gasoline shortages and rising prices following the\r\nransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, President Joe Biden gave an update on the situation Thursday, looking to\r\ndeal with a potentially damaging political problem and on the heels of his new executive order aimed to prevent\r\nfuture attacks.\r\nHe pleaded with Americans to be patient as the pipeline company returns to full operations.\r\n\"I want to be clear -- we will not feel the effects at the pump immediately,\" Biden said in remarks from the White\r\nHouse and carried on national television. \"This is not like flicking on a light switch. This pipeline is 5,500 miles\r\nlong.\"\r\nBiden said that he expects to see a \"region-by-region return to normalcy\" starting this weekend and into next\r\nweek, but told Americans not to be alarmed or hoard gasoline.\r\n\"Don't panic,” he said. \"I know seeing lines at the pumps or gas stations with no gas can be extremely stressful.\r\nBut this is a temporary situation. Do not get more gas than you need in the next few days … Panic buying will\r\nonly slow the process.\"\r\nhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speak-colonial-pipeline-attack-americans-face-gasoline/story?id=77666212\r\nPage 1 of 6\n\nPresident Joe Biden speaks about the Colonial Pipeline cyber attack, in the Roosevelt Room of the\r\nWhite House in Washington, D.C, on May 13, 2021.\r\nKevin Lamarque/Reuters\r\nLooking directly into the camera and leaning into the microphone, Biden warned gas stations against price-gouging, saying, \"do not try to take advantage of consumers during this time.\"\r\n\"I'm going to work with governors in the affected states to put a stop to price gouging wherever it arises. And I'm\r\nasking our federal agencies to stand ready to provide assistance to state level efforts to monitor and address any\r\nprice gouging at the pump. Nobody should be using this situation for financial gain.\"\r\nColonial Pipeline restarted its system late Wednesday afternoon and in a statement Thursday morning said it's\r\n\"made substantial progress\" and that \"product delivery has commenced in a majority\" of markets they service in\r\nthe southeast.\r\nIn South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C., gas stations with fuel outages are over 50%,\r\naccording to GasBuddy.\r\nhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speak-colonial-pipeline-attack-americans-face-gasoline/story?id=77666212\r\nPage 2 of 6\n\nAttendants direct cars as they line up to fill their gas tanks at a COSTCO in Charlotte, N.C., May\r\n11, 2021. Fears the shutdown of a major fuel pipeline would cause a gasoline shortage led to some\r\npanic buying in several locations.\r\nLogan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images\r\nThe president has been briefed on the incident every day since the attack happened Friday night by his counselor\r\nSteve Ricchetti and National Security Council chief of staff Yohannes Abraham, a source familiar with the matter\r\ntold ABC News and first reported by Axios. Biden was also briefed by White House National Security Adviser\r\nJake Sullivan twice on Sunday and again on Monday and Tuesday.\r\nIn sign of the political sensitivities involved, the sources made a point of noting it was clear from Biden's first\r\nbriefing that he wanted to be regularly updated on the latest developments and, in particular, what was being done\r\nto respond.\r\nThe president Thursday reiterated that there was no evidence that the Russian government was behind the attack,\r\nbut that those involved \"are living in Russia.\"\r\nhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speak-colonial-pipeline-attack-americans-face-gasoline/story?id=77666212\r\nPage 3 of 6\n\nPresident Joe Biden speaks about the Colonial Pipeline cyber attack, in the Roosevelt Room of the\r\nWhite House in Washington, D.C, on May 13, 2021.\r\nNicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images\r\nHe told ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Mary Bruce that he believes the FBI's assessment that\r\nRussian President Vladimir Putin was not involved and that the United States would not be carrying out any kind\r\nof retaliatory cyberattacks to shut down the criminals involved.\r\nPopular Reads\r\n\"We have been in direct communications with Moscow about the imperative for responsible countries to take\r\ndecisive action against these ransomware networks. We're also going to pursue a measure to disrupt their ability to\r\noperate.\"\r\nThere are few things more politically dangerous than high gas prices, and with the Memorial Day holiday around\r\nthe corner, the president looked to tamper worries with his remarks and spoke directly to frustrated Americans,\r\nmaking the case that this issue will be short-lived.\r\nHis remarks came just hours after he signed an executive order to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity defenses with the\r\ngoal of preventing similar attacks and after the White House has faced questions about why it wasn’t better\r\nprepared to protect its infrastructure.\r\nBiden’s order mandates companies \"doing business with the federal government\" share information with it about\r\nhacks, but would have no implications for private companies that aren’t.The president acknowledged the restraints\r\nin his executive power, admitting “I cannot dictate that the private companies do certain things relative to\r\ncybersecurity.”\r\nhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speak-colonial-pipeline-attack-americans-face-gasoline/story?id=77666212\r\nPage 4 of 6\n\nOn Wednesday, a senior administration official said they “pushed the authority as far as we could,” in relation to\r\nthe executive order and that “anybody doing business with the U.S. government will have to share incidents, so\r\nthat we can use that information to protect Americans more broadly.\"\r\nIt will also require all software bought by the federal government to meet certain security standards within nine\r\nmonths and \"creates a pilot program to create an 'Energy Star' type of label so the government – and the public at\r\nlarge – can quickly determine whether software was developed securely.\"\r\nPeople line up to get gas at a station in Annapolis, Md., May 12, 2021. After a cyber attack caused\r\nthe shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, fears of gasoline shortage led to panic buying in several\r\nlocations.\r\nJim Watson/AFP via Getty Images\r\nAnother danger the Biden administration is now confronted with are concerns over inflation and rising prices on\r\nconsumer goods, including gas prices which crossed $3 a gallon on Wednesday for first time in 7 years.\r\nPrices consumers pay for goods like food and gas went up 0.8 percent in April according to the Bureau of Labor\r\nStatistics. Over the last 12 months, the “all items index” increased 4.2%., which is the largest 12-month increase\r\nsince September 2008. Prices for used cars and trucks rose 10% in April as well, making it the largest 1-month\r\nincrease since the series began in 1953, and were a significant contributor to the broader increase.\r\nAll three major stock indices fell Wednesday as data indicated inflation was higher than expected in the month of\r\nApril and investors seem to be nervous that it may be higher and more persistent than the Federal Reserve and\r\nTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen have been forecasting.\r\nhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speak-colonial-pipeline-attack-americans-face-gasoline/story?id=77666212\r\nPage 5 of 6\n\nWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki this week said that the administration takes \"the possibility of inflation\r\nquite seriously\" but that there are \"a range of factors\" in play.\r\n\"There’s a couple of data points that are specific to this moment. And we knew, just as the — as the economy, sort\r\nof, shrunk and shut down, that, as it’s turning back on, there would be some of these impacts.\"\r\nABC News’ Molly Nagle and Zunaira Zaki contributed to this report\r\nSource: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speak-colonial-pipeline-attack-americans-face-gasoline/story?id=77666212\r\nhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speak-colonial-pipeline-attack-americans-face-gasoline/story?id=77666212\r\nPage 6 of 6",
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