The correct answer is D) his policies have already reduced inflation by more than 10 percent.
The other options of the question were A) the only way to lower inflation is to create a new energy policy. B) his new economic policy will help fix the OPEC price increase. C) rising oil policies are not to blame for the increase in inflation.
The claim that President Carter makes in this excerpt from the debate is "his policies have already reduced inflation by more than 10 percent."
When President Jimmy Carter won the election and assumed his responsibility as the 39th President of the US on January 20, 1977, the country lived a period called "stagflation," which means the combination of high inflation with no growth or slow economic growth. This represented a critical problem to be resolved and one of his economic priorities.