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On the recordNovember 3, 2021
This time last year, America was energy independent. Now our Nation is facing a full-blown energy crisis, leaving the American people to ask, ``What changed?'' Well, the answer is simple. Unlike the Trump administration, the Biden administration is determined to make it more difficult for American energy producers to develop affordable and reliable energy here at home. On his first day in office, Joe Biden canceled the Keystone pipeline. Soon after, he banned all new oil and gas leases on Federal lands. As a result, Americans are paying exponentially more at the pump with gas prices reaching a 7-year high. And this winter, the cost to heat our homes is expected to jump 54 percent. As the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, I have been disappointed to see Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress double down on their failed agenda by pushing a $5.5 trillion tax-and-spend package that will only increase our energy prices. Instead of canceling commonsense energy projects, let's empower American energy workers to do what they do best. Instead of targeting American energy companies, let's make it easier for them to increase domestic oil and gas production. If we do this, the next century can be an American century. ____________________
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Pete Stauber
Republican · Minnesota
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govinfo.gov
Nov 3, 2021

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