On the recordFebruary 15, 2024
I thank my friend from South Carolina for yielding. I know my friend is not leaving any time soon, but we have appreciated both our friendship and leadership along the way, and we will miss him when he is gone. There is a lot of work left to be done in these next few months. Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of work left to be done today if you think about the importance of this bill. It really focuses on the importance of smart energy policy, something that has been lacking--devastatingly lacking--in this country for the last 3 years, and it is a costly, costly consequence that American families are paying. Having bad energy policy has resulted in higher energy costs for families. Mr. Speaker, especially low-income families are hit the hardest. When you see gas prices go higher, it hits lower-income families the hardest. When you see the home heating costs because of that LNG policy, it affects everybody. It affects prices and commodities, things that you buy at the grocery store, because all of that is built in when you have higher energy costs. It especially affects low-income families when they have to decide can they even pay their home heating costs in a cold winter. All these decisions are being made because Joe Biden has gone after American energy. Joe Biden is not against all forms of energy. Let's be clear about this. What has this President done in his entire Presidency over the last 3 years? Time and time again, Joe Biden goes after American energy.…
