Lower Energy Costs Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. SCALISE. Will the gentlewoman yield?

Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Louisiana.

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Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Chair, I thank my dear friend from West Virginia (Mrs. Miller) for her leadership and for yielding. I truly appreciate her leadership on energy policy, as we are seeing here today, and also for her working with us on getting this Lower Energy Costs Act to the floor, and, hopefully, passed over to the Senate shortly. She has been a champion on energy issues of all kinds, but especially on the pipeline issue specific to West Virginia.

Pipelines are so critical to America's energy independence. In fact, we deal with making it easier to move pipelines and build pipelines in America. A lot of the infrastructure that we need to make this country grow is being held up right now from a lot of radical regulations on the left and outside groups that don't want American energy. They are fine with getting dirty energy from foreign countries, but they want to make it harder to get American energy. Pipelines are part of that ability for us to bring back energy production to America and provide for our own energy needs and not be dependent on other countries.

Although construction on the Mountain Valley pipeline is essentially complete, it continues to be tied up in the courts. I understand the frustration that proponents of the pipeline are experiencing. I especially want to thank Congresswoman Miller for her leadership because she has truly been fighting to get this project done.

At the end of the day, until this project is done, it is not only going to be helping the people of West Virginia, but so many other people. I look forward to continuing to work through this issue with my friend from West Virginia and others in our Conference as we continue to push for more American energy production that will lower costs for families, not just in my home State of Louisiana or my friend from West Virginia's home State, but also for people all across America.

Bad energy policy hurts families everywhere, especially low-income families. It is time we get this policy right. I thank my friend from West Virginia for her leadership.

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