I thank my friend from Louisiana (Mr. Graves) for yielding, for his leadership on introducing this amendment, which I support, and especially introducing this bill. Mr. Chairman, we all ought to be focused on helping low-income families who are struggling. Families all across America are struggling under the weight of high inflation, all the spending that has come out of Washington under President Biden, but especially led and driven by this anti-American energy policy that we have seen from President Biden that has dramatically increased costs on American families. How are people getting hit by all of President Biden's anti-American energy policies? You can see it right here. Gas prices, every time you go to the pump, people are paying 50 percent more. That takes money out of families' paychecks every single week when they go to fill up their vehicle. You look at the utility bills people are paying. They are paying 40 percent more, 25 percent more on their utility bills in some areas of the country, making it harder for them to heat their homes during a cold winter. As we approach summer, people want to turn on their air conditioner. They are going to be paying a lot more. That takes money out of their pocket. Oh, by the way, when you look at what President Biden passed last year, he passed a $6 billion tax increase on natural gas, which is one of the drivers of higher electricity bills. The good news is, Mr.…
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