Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, the Biden-Harris administration hasn't been shy about its distaste for American workers who provide affordable and reliable energy to the rest of the country. This administration cares more about filling the pockets of OPEC, Venezuela, and Iran than it does about energy independence, energy affordability, and energy reliability. The main component of the roadmap is a transition to what they refer to as no-carbon fuels. Not only is such a goal ludicrous and infeasible, but Americans see through these claims. The reality is that this so-called no-carbon fuels receive four times more in subsidies and yet produce only one-fifth of the energy. They are simply unreliable and unaffordable, even with the ridiculous amount of taxpayer money being thrown at them. This so-called clean energy is completely propped up by the Federal Government. Figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show that renewables received at least $15.6 billion in subsidies during fiscal year 2022. Ironically, the second largest recipients of subsidies, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration are low-income families, who are struggling to pay their utility bills under this administration. Why are they struggling? They are struggling because of rising energy prices and rising utility rates that come as the result of forcing this so-called transition--forced energy poverty by an out-of-touch Biden- Harris administration.…”