Political Quotes

“I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Madam Speaker, it is clear, President Biden's energy policies benefit our foreign adversaries, not the American worker. The Biden administration has made our vehicle market heavily dependent on communist China. The administration has also cut deals with Iran. I might remind everybody that Iran is a state sponsor of terror. In fact, the Biden administration released $6 billion in oil revenue that will fund terrorist operations against the United States and our number one ally in the Middle East, Israel. Recently, the President drained our strategic oil reserve to the lowest levels. To what end? To fuel China's economy. Earlier this year, FERC Commissioner Mark Christie predicted in a Senate hearing that our energy grid is: ``. . . heading for a very catastrophic situation. . . . '' Why is this? It is because of the far left's rush to foolish green policies. This is the wrong path to go down. This is why I am proud to support the underlying legislation which restores the Strategic Petroleum Reserves. It also helps our national security mission, increases funding for our ports and inland waterways, like the locks and dams that run through my district, and it invests in our Nation's security. After the previous majority spent $3 trillion outside of the appropriations process, this legislation actually reins in billions of dollars to reduce our out-of-control national debt.…”