Providing for Congressional Disapproval of the Rule Submitted By the Environmental Protection Agency Relating to ``Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Compliance, Including Netting and Exemptions''

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Ms. DEXTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this resolution to roll back a critical component of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program.

The Oregonians I represent know that climate change poses a real and existential threat. As a mother, I understand intimately the anxiety our children are grappling with every day with the warming Earth that they are inheriting. It is my commitment to mitigating climate change, while working to adapt to it, that drives my work here.

We cannot kick this can down the road and wait to take action. As our kids are forced to grapple with this reality, I am sick and tired of Republican efforts to let Big Oil and corporate polluters off the hook.

The methane polluter fee that would be rolled back by this resolution corrects a serious market failure that makes it cheaper for polluters to waste methane than install or upgrade equipment to prevent leaks and flaring. I will vote ``no'' because I have no interest in protecting corporate polluters at the expense of a cleaner world for our children.

To the Oregonians watching, please know that I will come back to this House floor time and again to ensure our message is heard loud and clear. The climate crisis is real. It is our children who will suffer if we do not stand up to Big Oil and corporate polluters. I implore my colleagues to stand with me.

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