John Rice Carter: “I thank the gentleman for yielding and for doing this tonight. This is extremely important, and I appreciate his…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding and for doing this tonight. This is extremely important, and I appreciate his leadership on that. Madam Speaker, the Biden administration has been waging a war on American energy and energy jobs since his first day in office. Of course, on President Biden's first day in office, he killed over 11,000 American jobs, which were created by the Keystone pipeline. Then the administration banned new energy leases that will cost 500,000 American jobs by 2040. Then he reentered the U.S. into the Paris Agreement that will destroy our competitiveness and reduce employment in the U.S. by 2.7 million jobs in 2025. If that wasn't bad enough, the administration will destroy what high- paying jobs are remaining in our energy sector with this reconciliation package. It includes a devastating tax on natural gas. By taxing it more, we will disincentivize the continued transition away from dirtier fuels. It will increase global emissions by giving foreign adversaries a competitive advantage exporting energy. This will also jeopardize American energy security. Taxing natural gas is designed to push us to use more wind and solar energy. But just this week it was reported that energy prices in Europe are hitting record highs as their increased dependence on wind power has failed to be consistently reliable. It would be a cold and dark winter in places like Europe and California if there was not natural gas available this year.…”