Protecting American Energy Production Act
Floor Speech
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Mr. WEBER of Texas. Madam Speaker, my Gulf Coast district in Texas, better known as the Energy Capital of the World, depends on Representative Pfluger's district, the fracking district, to keep our energy industry running.
I guess one could say that while most districts lack it, Representative Pfluger's district fracks it, and my district cracks it. This is a part of the energy process.
Hydraulic fracturing isn't just important. It is absolutely critical. It is the very reason why the Democrats talk about how we lead the world in all the oil and drilling and stuff we have done because it is the reason American producers of oil and natural gas are leading the way. It is because of fracking.
It does things like my colleague talked about. It keeps the heater going in the winter and keeps the air-conditioner going in the summer. How about it keeps the lights on, lowers energy costs, and creates jobs, all the while strengthening our economy? It is not just energy security. It is national security.
Leave it to our friends across the aisle to try to shut it down. We are going to make sure, for which I thank the chairman and August Pfluger, that that never happens. For the future of this great Nation, we must stop radical, climate-obsessed Presidents from ever placing a Federal moratorium on fracking because that would destroy America as we know it.
Thankfully, we now have President Trump back in the White House, a leader who actually understands just how vital our energy industry is. We also have Chris Wright at the Department of Energy, a man who helped fuel America's fracking revolution and made us the energy powerhouse we are today.
Make no mistake, the Green New Deal crowd isn't giving up yet. The second they get the chance, they will be right back at it, trying to dismantle our oil and gas industry.
That is why I proudly support my good friend Representative Pfluger's bill, the Protecting American Energy Production Act, to make sure that fracking remains protected, no matter who sits in the Oval Office.
Madam Speaker, we all know that energy security is national security. I hope my friends realize that.
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