Political Quotes

“Madam President, reserving the right to object. I appreciate the Senator's interest in trying to make sure that American energy resources don't go to benefit communist China. And it is interesting because I don't think a lot of Americans know that prior to 2015, the United States didn't allow for the export of American oil. We saw it prior to 2015 as a strategic asset, all of the oil produced in the United States. Prior to 2015, we decided that the oil produced in the United States would stay in the United States; that it should benefit U.S. consumers. And I have heard my Republican colleagues come down to the floor over and over again calling the Biden administration to do more drilling, to do more exploration, to authorize more permits under the belief that drilling in the United States will produce results for American consumers. But the reality is we have done more drilling in the United States, but much of that drilling and exploration has benefited--you guessed it--China. Prior to 2015, the United States didn't export oil to China. In 2013, we exported .3 million barrels, the next year .4 million barrels, the next year 8 million barrels, the next year 80 million, then 84 million, dipped down to 50, then back up to 176. In 2021, 91 million barrels of oil shipped from the United States to China.…”