Political Quotes

“this bill represents the most significant assault on U.S. energy production the Senate has ever considered. It is designed to bankrupt every coal miner in America, to dramatically increase gas prices consumers are paying, and to permanently harm U.S. oil and gas production. There is, however, one group Senate Democrats do not oppose having more oil, and that is the Chinese communists. In the past year, President Biden has sold over 2 million barrels of oil to the Chinese communist Government from America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That oil was paid for by U.S. taxpayers. My bill would block the President from selling our oil to the Chinese communists. I would note also that it was sold to a Chinese company owned by the communist government in which a significant stake was owned by a private equity firm owned in significant part by the President's own son, Hunter Biden. If the Democrats don't want to see millions of barrels of U.S. oil sold to the Chinese communists, they should support my amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii. Point of Order”