Recognizing the Significance of Community College Month in April

Floor Speech

Mr. Markey. Mr. President, I call up my amendment 5001 and ask that it be reported by number.

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Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, since Donald Trump took office, electricity prices have risen by as much as 13 percent--three times faster than inflation. Families are already falling into debt, and it is only getting worse.

Utilities requested a record $31 billion in rate increases in 2025. That is twice as high as the year before. Republican cuts to American energy programs stoked this fire of a crisis. The Republican ``Big Ugly Bill'' is expected--this is unbelievable--to kill 790,000 megawatts of new, clean electricity over the next decade. It has already canceled or stalled 28,000 megawatts from 365 energy projects. As we produce less and less new electricity, the remaining electricity becomes more and more expensive for families all across this country.

Instead of providing a blank check for ICE, we should be providing--

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Mr. MARKEY.--relief on electricity bills for American families, and that is what my amendment does. It says that if Congress is going to pass--

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Mr. MARKEY.--this budget, then the budget must result in lower electricity bills for all American families.

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Mr. MARKEY. I urge my colleagues to support my amendment.

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Mr. MARKEY. Vote on Motion

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