Kevin Hern: “It is 45 percent of the economy in Oklahoma. The Biden administration and the Democrats have made--it is very well…”

“It is 45 percent of the economy in Oklahoma. The Biden administration and the Democrats have made--it is very well- known. The President has said time and time again, and he said it just in the last week, that the high gas prices in America, and that Americans are suffering, are part of the grand transition plan off of fossil fuels to electric vehicles and others. Yet, in polling, when you ask the young Americans today where they think electricity comes from, the response is the wall, not knowing how electricity is actually generated in our generation plants around the country. The fact that our grid can't even supply what they are proposing to quickly convert our country to, and would destroy economies throughout our Nation, it is really a tragedy to see what has happened. Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, it is fascinating that he would say that. You plug it into the wall. I just saw a recent interview with a major figure with a major car manufacturer introducing and talking about their electric vehicles. They were questioned at that press conference: Where is the power coming from to charge this electric car? Well, from that building right over there. Okay. It is a building, but it is not a generation plant. Well, I don't really know. Another person in the group answered and said: Well, this is powered by a source that is about 90 percent coal-driven. I am not against coal. I think coal is great. It has powered our country for many decades.…”