Biden's Energy Crisis

Floor Speech

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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, on his first day in office, President Biden turned his attention to a campaign promise that he made in May of 2020, and he canceled the Keystone XL pipeline.

Since then, President Biden has continued his campaign against the energy resources that are underneath the feet of my constituents. He has created more red tape regulations, he has canceled new permits, and he has imposed a ban on the shipment of liquefied natural gas.

All of these efforts are coordinated to appease President Biden's far-left base, all at the expense of American energy prices.

In 2022, the national average for a gallon of gas reached over $5 a gallon for the first time in our history. Now, the average price for a gallon of gas is once again on the rise, recently hitting a 4-month high.

Pennsylvanians cannot afford these rising prices and cannot afford a President who puts politics ahead of what is best for American families.

It is time to put a stop on the war against American energy and return to using the baseload power that we can produce right here at home. Biden's Budget Failure

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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, last week, President Biden offered a budget that fails to address the concerns of the American people.

Instead of working to secure our border, get a handle on inflation, and grow our economy, this budget proposal offers handouts to the far left, it grows bureaucracy, and it wastes taxpayers' dollars.

Instead of working to cut spending, this bill would include $4.9 trillion in new taxes and spend $86 trillion over the next 10 years.

Worst of all, this budget fails to secure our border. Instead of directing funds toward border security, President Biden has allocated $4 billion in the Homeland Security budget for Green New Deal climate initiatives. The climate that he should be addressing is the porous open border that brings drugs and crime into our country.

It is clear that this administration is more focused on growing its agencies, investing in liberal policies, and spending trillions of taxpayer dollars at the same time that our debt continues to spiral out of control. This is all unacceptable.

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