End Reckless Attacks on Energy Producers

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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, 20 days from now, the Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania will power down its turbines and close its doors. Since opening in 1969, the plant has reliably utilized the coal that has been mined in Pennsylvania communities for generations.

After years of continual operation, Homer City's closure will leave just four operational coal plants functioning in the Keystone State. The closing of this plant is not only a symbolic loss, but one that will have real-world consequences for energy production.

What President Biden, liberals in Congress, and green energy supporters across the United States fail to realize is that technologies like wind turbines and solar panels lack the capacity to keep the lights on.

These alternative methods of production simply cannot produce enough power to meet the needs of our families and businesses. Without the capacity to store enough energy to be used in peak hours, green technologies are unable to support our electric grid.

Eliminating coal power will have disastrous consequences, including rolling blackouts for families across America. We have seen the warning signs. Look to Europe, as Austria, Germany, and Italy announce that they are reopening coal plants and admit that the green technologies have failed to produce the energy that those countries need.

Let's face it, Americans have always led on innovation, and now countries around the world will rely on America to build the carbon capture systems that will make coal plants safer and more reliable. That will not be possible as long as the Biden administration continues to force the shuttering of these facilities here at home.

We need to return to the energy resources that are underneath the feet of my constituents in Pennsylvania. We need to return to American energy dominance. It is time for the Biden administration to end its reckless attacks on our energy producers.

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