Chip Roy: “Making us freer, stronger, with more abundant, more affordable energy, we became the number one producer of oil and…”

“Making us freer, stronger, with more abundant, more affordable energy, we became the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world, ahead of Russia and Saudi Arabia. Natural gas production reached a record high of 34.9 quads in 2019 following record production in 2018 and 2017. The average American family saved $2,500 a year in lower electric bills. Now, what do we have? A shutdown Keystone pipeline, and an administration saying we can't frack in Western lands. We rejoined the Paris climate agreement to have the United States foot the bill, billions to the United Nations climate fund. We have suspended the leases on Federal lands. As I said, a complete Federal land ban would increase foreign dependence by 2 million barrels a day. Gas prices are at a 7-year high. I could go on and on. Does the gentleman agree that there are consequences to an agenda like the previous administration's that puts the country first versus an administration that is perfectly fine putting the country last in order to go achieve some sort of, I don't know, fealty to the European social welfare state and make yourself seem, I don't know, welcomed in Davos?”