Political Quotes

“First of all, I thank my good friend and colleague for organizing and leading this leadership hour. Madam Speaker, I rise today to address the Biden administration's energy crisis. This is a crisis that was created by the Biden administration. Last week, the price of gas reached a 7-year high. In fact, in my home district, Pennsylvania-15, we are now paying anywhere from $3.49 to $3.67 a gallon--well over the price any American should have to pay. In 2019 and 2020, the United States was a net total energy exporter. This means for the first time since the 1950s we were exporting more energy than importing. We were energy independent, and we saw the many benefits across all sectors of United States manufacturing, production, and consumption. For example, in 2020, the average gasoline price in the United States was $2.17 per gallon. I am proud to represent a district and come from a State that plays such a large role in domestic energy production. In fact, Pennsylvania is the second largest producer of natural gas and the third largest net supplier of energy to other States. Without the energy production of my district and others in rural America, our cities would wake up cold, in the dark, and hungry. But President Biden chose to stifle American energy production, issuing executive order after executive order reducing and even pausing our own access to oil and natural gas.…”