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Time and again, by its own admission, we've seen this administration first choose a policy goal, like forcing consumers to purchase all-electric cars, whether practical and affordable or not, shutting down oil and gas production, or shutting down reliable and dispatchable power generation, and then on the back end attempt to shoehorn an EPA regulation in to achieve these ends.

Consequently, reliability of our Nation's electric grid is at risk, as many more of those plants will be prematurely shut down due to a litany of EPA regulations that take reliable energy off the grid with no plan for replacement.

Before you finalize the rule, Mr. Administrator, it's my hope that there will be cleared-eyed, thoughtful consideration given to what the impact to our national security could be if American energy production is throttled right now with a devastating, potentially expanding war in Europe, and China becoming more belligerent in the Pacific.

The Department of Energy not only refused to provide transparency to this committee, but they are refusing to be transparent to the American people who deserve every assurance that their tax dollars are not being funneled to China.