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On the recordSeptember 29, 2022
They absolutely are. And like I said, if you are worried about the climate, if you are worried about fossil fuel use, the most important thing to do, the most responsible thing to do is to do it efficiently. America does it more cleanly and more efficiently than everybody else. And we have pipelines, but we can't use them. Like I said: One trip. One way, from one tanker. Fifty a day come into the United States. One million gallons burned one way for each tanker. So that is 50 million a day. Everybody is worried about their cars. Nobody gives a hoot about this; and none of it is necessary. Absolutely zero of it is necessary. Mr. Speaker, in this CR, in this continuing resolution that we are going to vote on in this House tomorrow--I think--even though we say we want to save our country and our citizens, our bosses from this tyranny, people are going to vote for it anyhow: $2 billion for unaccompanied minors flooding the border while doing nothing to solve the border crisis. As the good gentleman from Texas said, how much did we spend from the Department of Homeland Security to secure our border annually?
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Sep 29, 2022

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