On the recordMarch 21, 2024
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from South Carolina for yielding. I rise today in proud support of H. Res. 987. This resolution denounces the Biden administration's anti-American energy policies that are designed to slow and kill domestic production as a gift to extreme activists. The result of this failed track record has been higher prices for consumers--we all know that--and increased dependency on our adversaries like Russia, China, and Venezuela for our energy needs. The United States is blessed with an abundance of natural resources, and we have the ability to achieve energy dominance. We can produce affordable, reliable, and clean energy right here at home. Instead, this administration is adamant on bending to the will of these extreme activists who push policies and increase global emissions. {time} 1330 Madam Speaker, make no mistake, this war on American energy is not one fought over science. It is being fought over ideology. On his first day in office, President Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, as you have heard. That has cost 11,000 potential jobs in the United States, hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil per day from our supply, and cost rural communities throughout the central United States millions of dollars in much-needed revenue.…





