Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time for closing. It is a time for choosing. It is a time to choose whether you want to be with America or if you want to be continually supporting our adversaries across the seas. H.R. 1 provides a solution to a problem that Democrat energy policy has created. Democrat energy policy means energy dependence. H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, means energy independence for America. Democrat energy policy is a threat to national security. H.R. 1 secures our country, secures our country's energy, secures our country's minerals, secures our country's food supply, and secures our country's future as we move forward. Democrat energy policy is bogged down with their very permitting processes. H.R. 1 will relieve those permitting processes. It doesn't undermine any bedrock environmental laws. It actually makes the environmental laws work. It allows projects to be permitted. Green energy projects, American energy projects, roads, bridges, transportation corridors, ports, navigable waterways, all of those things are being held up by the permitting process. H.R. 1 will be a great step toward making things happen in America. Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to support H.R. 1, to lower energy costs for Americans, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR.…”