Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act. With H.R. 1, we are working to lower energy costs for consumers across America by unleashing American energy and strengthening American supply chains. H.R. 1 addresses regulatory red tape and permitting barriers to the domestic development of energy without compromising environmental protections. The Lower Energy Costs Act also encourages domestic processing and refining of critical energy resources to ensure that components for all energy sources can be made right here in America. As chair of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials, I am proud that H.R. 1 includes seven bills that passed through our subcommittee and full committee through regular order. The bills encourage the domestic refining of critical energy resources, allow for flexible approaches to permitting, support national security, promote innovation that is currently stalled in EPA red tape, repealed two sections of the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act, and protect American refining capacity from agency overreach. I thank Representatives Carter of Georgia, Joyce of Pennsylvania, Pence, Curtis, Pfluger, Palmer, and Crenshaw for their work on this important legislation. In addition, H.R. 1 includes my bill, the Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Energy Potential Act, under section 10007.…”