John Barrasso

He stopped all of that. Since President Biden took office, the overall price of energy is up 36 percent.

The President has said we will need oil and gas for only another decade. His climate envoy, John Kerry, suggested seven or eight years. This is a fantasy.

He has attacked America's oil, natural gas, and coal producers at every turn and in every place he could.

The results of his energy policy. And to me, in one word, they have been a disaster--a disaster for our nation.

So then, it's your website that is misleading the public, not you.

What is your next trick to try to deal with the relief that the American people need as the price goes up?

Leading up to the election, you, as the Secretary of Energy, and this Administration released massive amounts of oil--over a million barrels a day from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

So, which is it? Is the website misleading the public or are you trying to mislead the Committee here today?

If we follow President Biden's agenda, Americans will become even more dependent on China and Russia.

This is a fantasy. The world is going to be using vast amounts of oil, natural gas, and coal for the foreseeable future.

The Department announced it would make a $200 million grant to Microvast.

The results of his energy policy. And to me, in one word, they have been a disaster--a disaster for our nation.

So, the price of gasoline. I know you are very familiar with the price of gasoline. Its average price today is $3.68.

The American people do have a right to the information.

It has been a disgraceful performance by this Administration.

He has attacked America's oil, natural gas, and coal producers at every turn and in every place he could.

It does seem that there is a reallocation issue that I would prefer had gone a different direction.

I know that President Biden is singularly focused on forcing every American into an electric vehicle, no matter the cost, no matter the consequences.

My legislation, the RANCH Act, would effectively double this contribution without raising grazing fees or the deficit.

We are hoping that the agency could use its Good Neighbor Authority to allow states to help complete needed permitting reviews themselves, do it themselves without having to go further.

What is the rationale, when I have already outlined earlier how many acres have burned and the threats that we have in Wyoming?

So is the Forest Service planning to designate areas in Wyoming in the future?

Thanks so much, Madam Chairman.

This is a pattern of neglect that simply must change.

It does seem that there is a reallocation issue that I would prefer had gone a different direction.