Gus Bilirakis: “I congratulate the gentlewoman on her chairmanship and I look forward…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2023

I congratulate the gentlewoman on her chairmanship and I look forward to working with her. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. It is high time to stop the Biden administration from continuing to provide China with oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Under the current administration we have only seen a war against domestic energy production. As a Band-Aid to cover up the consequences of Biden's policies, resulting in unprecedented high energy prices, it chooses to draw down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a critical national security asset. Drawing down these reserves to cover up failed policies is wrong but doing it and then selling that oil to China, our chief adversary, is un-American, in my opinion.

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Gus Bilirakis

Republican · Florida

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Jan 12, 2023

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