Debbie Lesko: “I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this resolution. America's oil and gas…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this resolution. America's oil and gas industry is truly the backbone of the American economy, supporting 10 million jobs and contributing to billions of dollars of economic development in all 50 States. The energy industry is critical to our economic and national security, providing low and stable energy prices to American families and ensuring our independence from the Middle East and Russia. Despite these essential contributions, Democrats here are attempting to strap the industry with duplicative and unnecessary regulations. This resolution will contribute to American job losses and higher energy costs for American consumers, right on their energy bills. This will also not reduce worldwide emissions, and the reason is because China is building coal-fired power plants at a rate that outpaces the rest of the world combined. So what we are doing here with not only this resolution, but the other policies that my friends on the other side of the aisle are pushing, is we are actually hurting America, losing American jobs, giving up our energy independence so we are reliant on China and Russia and the Middle East. Why in the world would we do that? Mr. Lamb said this is for America. I totally disagree. This will hurt America and this bill will help China and Russia. Mr. Speaker, I oppose this resolution.”