Biden's Assault on American Energy

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Mr. NEWHOUSE. Madam Speaker, I thank my friend from Pennsylvania for having this really important conversation.

Madam Speaker, since day one, President Biden has made his priorities abundantly clear to the American people:

Keystone XL pipeline? Canceled.

Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline? Approved.

Domestic oil and gas protection on Federal lands? Canceled.

Increased Russian and OPEC oil production? Approved.

If this picture still isn't black and white enough, allow me to clarify further. President Biden and his administration continue to support and promote foreign energy development and foreign jobs, while quite literally canceling American energy development and eliminating good-paying American jobs.

These actions have led to higher energy prices, increased costs of goods and services, and--most egregiously--greater reliance on foreign countries.

As stockpiles of natural gas continue to deplete, world leaders, including President Biden, are going to have to answer the call for increased fuel demand, especially as winter gets closer.

As the chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus and a member of the House Energy Action Team, I have worked with all our Members, as well as our partners, to highlight the impacts of President Biden's decisions and what they have done to our rural communities across the country: from decreased public school funding to forcing small businesses to close their doors.

Earlier this month, our colleagues from across the aisle, who serve on the House Committee on Natural Resources all voted to ban onshore as well as offshore oil and natural gas production. They seem to forget that the fees that are generated by these activities go straight into the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which those very same Members voted to support last Congress. It makes no sense.

The U.S. is the greatest country in the world, and we have the ability, once again, to achieve energy independence, provide affordable and reliable energy for our citizens, as well as supporting our allies. We just need our leaders to have these priorities as well.

Our President should support American jobs, not Russian jobs; he should support lower gas prices, not higher gas prices; he should support American energy dominance, not foreign energy production and reliance.

Madam Speaker, I would encourage all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, and in the White House, to reassess their priorities, support policies that help the American people, and not hinder them.

Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Joyce, and I truly appreciate the opportunity to speak on a very important issue for the American people.

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