Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer an amendment to the Strategic Production Response Act. The purpose of this bill is to use our strategic national stockpile of oil so that Big Oil can keep profiting at the expense of hardworking families. Let's remember, the purpose of the strategic stockpile is to protect national security and to reduce prices at the pump for the American people. My amendment would require the Secretary of Energy to certify that the plan to increase oil and gas leasing on Federal lands is necessary to restore our stockpile to protect our national security. My amendment would let this or any future administration have the flexibility it needs if we reach another energy crisis. When the people of my district and across the country were facing sky-high prices at the gas pump, President Biden tapped into our strategic stockpiles to ease the prices at the pump and gave working families the financial help that they needed at the time when they needed it. Now, instead of protecting national security and helping reduce inflation, Republicans are trying to take away the tools that we have to help hardworking Americans. Last Congress, Democrats passed several bills to reduce inflation: Over 80,000 families with children in the Inland Empire received monthly payments of up to $300 thanks to the child tax credit.…”