Lower Energy Costs Act

Floor Speech

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Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chair, I thank the ranking member for yielding me time.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the majority's polluters over people act, a massive handout to some of the world's most profitable and most powerful corporations.

It is a Big Oil giveaway that would hike the deficit instead of helping families, instead of protecting our planet, and instead of lowering costs for consumers and slashing energy bills.

Republicans seem to have just one priority, and that is helping the rich get richer. Through price gouging and war profiteering, Big Oil has doubled their profits to record levels. They are hoarding millions of acres of our public land, and they are using these unprecedented resources to line their pockets.

Exxon just announced $35 billion in stock buybacks, and Chevron shareholders are pocketing $75 billion.

Yet, what is the Republican plan? It is to triple down on allegiance to Big Oil, give away more Federal land, invite more offshore drilling, unleash more pollution into our water and our air and our land, and leave the taxpayers footing the bill.

Climate change is here. We don't have time to wait. Americans know that securing our future means investing in clean energy.

Families know their health depends on it; economists know our prosperity depends on it; and the Pentagon knows our national security depends on it. It is only MAGA Republicans who don't understand our future depends on a thriving clean energy economy.

Last year, we proudly enacted the largest climate investment in history, and now we are proudly voting ``no'' on the polluters over people act.

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