Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 6511) to authorize the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to lease underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 6511 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Petroleum Reserve Reform Act''. SEC. 2. USE OF UNDERUTILIZED STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE FACILITIES. Section 168 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6247a) is amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 168. USE OF UNDERUTILIZED FACILITIES. ``(a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary may establish and carry out a program to lease underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage facilities and related facilities to the private sector, or a foreign government or its representative. Petroleum products stored under this section are not part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.…”