Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve From China Act

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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I congratulate her on her historic leadership position.

Mr. Speaker, our Nation and our national security have always been tied to our ability to utilize the resources that we have right here in America to remain free.

The energy resources that are underneath the feet of my constituents were vital to the production and fueling of the tanks, the planes, and the ships that gave Americans the advantages that we needed to win World War II.

And now, the Chinese Communist Party threatens free nations with oppression.

The Biden administration has allowed our Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be sold to Chinese companies for political purposes. Instead of approving new leasing permits, Biden delayed new drilling projects and canceled on day one the Keystone XL pipeline.

Instead of incentivizing companies to use the resources that we have in Pennsylvania, Biden targeted American energy producers with new regulations that made natural gas and oil more expensive for American families.

Selling away our Strategic Petroleum Reserve for political gain has left our Nation less safe and our economy less secure.

Mr. Speaker, 950,000 barrels of American strategic petroleum to the Chinese Communist Party?

This boggles the American mind.

It is time to refill our strategic reserves. It is time to stop risking our national security to score cheap political points.

I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this important legislation.

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