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Brian Babin: I thank the gentleman for giving us this opportunity. We have heard a lot of hypocrisy from President Biden and the…

On the recordJune 22, 2022
I thank the gentleman for giving us this opportunity. We have heard a lot of hypocrisy from President Biden and the Democrats about oil and gas, about our fossil fuel industry. We have heard them say that they are going to ``end fossil fuels, period;'' that the oil and gas industry should no longer have the ability to even drill to explore; that the only way to save the coral reefs and the glaciers is to end fossil fuels, and that millions of people are dying every year because of fossil fuels. And even though my colleagues on the other side of the aisle weren't joking, it is hard not to laugh at this absurdity. Who is buying this baloney? Who is so blinded by the left and their climate change delusion that they can't see the hypocrisy in all of this? If the Democrats got their way, if they really did shutdown the fossil fuel industry, do they actually understand the real-life ramifications of that drastic action? What do you think the Democrats think fuels our construction equipment, our trucks, our buses, tractors, boats, and trains? How would they spend their recent trillion-dollar infrastructure package without diesel fuel? If Joe Biden keeps his promise to end fossil fuels, life will certainly become awfully challenging for many of us in the 21st century since laptops, tablets, and credit cards, will no longer be available.…
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Brian Babin
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Jun 22, 2022

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