Providing for Consideration of H.R. 5819, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act

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I thank the gentleman from Vermont.

I am here as a new Member of Congress because my constituents, like millions of others around the country, figured out what was happening here in the United States Congress for the last 12 years, that the priority was to pad the pockets of the oil companies at the detriment of American consumers.

They have also figured out what has been happening here on the floor of the House of Representatives for the last year-and-a-half. As this Democratic majority has passed legislation cracking down on price gougers, as this Democratic majority has passed legislation going after the multinational oil cartels, as this Democratic Congress has passed legislation repealing the billions of dollars in subsidies for the oil companies and turning them around into ordinary subsidies for ordinary Americans to try to put renewable resources and energy in their home, we have done it all without help from the President, we have done it all without almost any help from the Republicans.

That is why there are so many new Members of Congress ready to set a new direction on energy policy, and that is why it is time for the Republican minority to join the Democrat in setting a new energy policy for this country.

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