On the recordApril 15, 2021
It has been 85 days since President Biden halted the Keystone pipeline. We have yet to see those green jobs he promised. Promises won't pay the bills. We stand with the hardworking Americans who were forced out of work and ask this administration, Where are the jobs? Knee-jerk policies here in Washington have life-altering implications for people like Mr. Neal Crabtree, a welder and union foreman from my district who lost his job on the Keystone pipeline. Of course, if you bring up this topic with Climate Czar John Kerry, he will tell you all these workers can switch to working in solar energy. Madam Speaker, from looking at salary data, a welding wand in the hand of a highly-skilled pipeline welder is worth more than two screwdrivers in the hands of solar panel installers. These job-killing energy policies are yet another example of how out of touch the Biden administration is with the men and women who keep our country going. Talk is cheap, action is harder. If President Biden is going to continue promising these elusive green jobs, then he needs a long-term plan in place. A plan to have a plan is not enough. Neal Crabtree and thousands of Americans like him are the people the Democrats are choosing to forget. We won't forget them. ____________________
