What my legislation will do is simply say, 'We want you to do a study of what the impact will be on domestic prices.'
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If exports were limited to a surplus, then it would not affect domestic prices, but it has to be affecting domestic prices and it is getting serious now.
We are racing blindly into a future and cutting off our most significant economic advantage vis-a-vis the rest of the world, particularly China.
There is one law that this Congress cannot repeal--the law of supply and demand.
I think often politicians, and particularly presidents, get blamed for gas prices which, in fact, fluctuate substantially as we know based upon oil prices and fluctuations in the market, rarely from executive action.
We are exporting our principal advantage in the world economy. We are literally subsidizing Chinese manufacturing by sending them our natural gas.
We are squandering an advantage right now because of uncontrolled exports of natural gas.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. (Applause, Senators rising.) The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Republican whip.
In 2019, when Congress enacted the SECURE Act, which many of us cosponsored, it included a provision that I authored...
In April, I introduced the SIMPLE Plan Modernization Act with Senator Warner.
Thank you very much, Senator Scott. That is typically gracious of you.
For me, this is about respect and how you go about implementing this vaccine requirement.
We need to protect against interference in the counting of ballots.
Congress and our--actually the drafters of our Constitution anticipated that the Congress would have a role in making or altering the laws of elections.
We need to empower voters to challenge efforts in states to make sure that they are not undermining election results.
I want to make it clear here and now on the record that I, for one, would be very willing and able to enter into constructive discussions with my Republican colleagues on what they would like in the bill.
It is entirely within the authority of Congress, Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution does in fact begin by saying Legislature shall enact voting regulations.
The American people--it would be a great thing for the American people to see Congress working in a bipartisan way to deal with elections.