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. ____________________
On the recordNovember 3, 2021
Share
More from Pete Stauber
Mar 24, 2026
my legislation, the American Water Stewardship Act, is a comprehensive package that brings together six standalone bills to reauthorize and strengthen key EPA water quality and ecosystem restoration programs. The package includes the BEACH…
Sep 15, 2025
Mr. Speaker, I am so proud for this body to pass this. As my colleague, Mr. Sherman, said, it is also coming from the Senate. It came from the Senate. The fact of the matter is, as Chairman Williams says, it was more than a hockey game. It…
Jun 4, 2025
this is an important topic. As a former police officer in Duluth, Minnesota, one of the worst calls an officer can get is an overdose. When they go there, the individual is deceased. They make sure that it was an overdose, that nothing…





