John Rice Carter: “I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 22 because there is nothing strategic about…”

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 22 because there is nothing strategic about an empty Strategic Petroleum Reserve. What is worse than not having a strategic reserve is selling it off to adversaries so they can build their own? That is exactly what has been happened over the past 2 years. While our SPR has been depleted in an attempt to cover up the failed energy policies of this administration, China is taking advantage by building up their own reserves. The worst part is that their build-up has come from the U.S. reserves. Let me repeat this. President Biden has sold our valuable Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China while Americans face the highest energy prices in a generation and a Federal Government that has failed to adequately address it by unleashing our own energy potential. And every barrel sold to China makes that decision even more damaging. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 22 to prevent the administration from selling any SPR products to the CCP or related entities. Stop the attacks on American energy, unleash it, and make us energy independent.”