Blake Moore: “I appreciate the gentleman from South Carolina. Good energy policy is groovy, so I thank the gentleman for bringing that…”

“I appreciate the gentleman from South Carolina. Good energy policy is groovy, so I thank the gentleman for bringing that up. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from the first district of California (Mr. LaMalfa). Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Moore for yielding. Mr. Speaker, energy really is the cornerstone of a modern economy and a modern country, and the United States has been able to be a great innovator for so many decades on improving our lot with energy, and, indeed, exporting civilization to the rest of the world. Energy modernizes us and makes people more easily able to feed themselves, clothe themselves, withstand disaster and not have to have every heat wave or cold wave be a disastrous loss of life due to our ability to harness and produce energy that works for us. Energy independence is something that just a few short years ago we were largely achieving finally under President Trump. Over the last 3 years, that has unraveled. That independence along with our food security is, indeed, what makes us strong so we can withstand outside threats. Those two items really go hand in hand. I wish President Biden would realize that and not have the cabal behind him that is doing everything it can to unwind all the progress and all the good things that have been made in recent decades to make the country so strong previously. We need to have decisive action to renew our economic vitality instead of more damage.…”