Setting Forth the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2022 and Setting Forth the Appropriate Budgetary Levels for Fiscal Years 2023 Through 2031

Floor Speech

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Mrs. CAPITO. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 3284 and ask that it be reported by number.

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Mrs. CAPITO. Madam President, I am a strong supporter of carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration, otherwise known as CCUS.

This technology allows us to turn carbon dioxide into a valuable product. Some anti-fossil fuel, ``keep it in the ground'' advocates only support CCUS when it has nothing to do with fossil fuels, and I believe that is a misguided approach.

If we are serious about supporting and increasing the number of CCUS projects, which I am and many of us are, we need to support projects of all types of facilities, including on our coal- and gas-fired powerplants. We also need to support the use of carbon dioxide to produce oil through a process called enhanced oil recovery.

I encourage my colleagues to vote yes on amendment No. 3284 and recognize that smart CCUS policies and fossil fuel use can go hand in hand.

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