Denouncing the Harmful, Anti-American Energy Policies of the Biden Administration

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Mr. FULCHER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from South Carolina for his leadership and the gentleman from Washington for bringing the bill.

Madam Speaker, earlier today, the gentleman from Louisiana said it pretty well. President Biden's assault on domestic energy production has been nothing short of catastrophic for Americans.

Since he took office, we have witnessed staggering surges in energy costs: gasoline prices up 33 percent, home heating oil up 44 percent, electricity and natural gas up 29 percent.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration continues to threaten our energy infrastructure by refusing to unleash domestic energy production, so we have to buy from our enemies. That is the point I wanted to underscore that has been made before. We have to buy from our enemies as a function of not proliferating our own domestic supply.

From canceling the construction of the Keystone pipeline on his first day in office to revoking leases for oil, natural gas, and mining outfits across the West, and his most recent decision to ban U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas, the President has risked our national security, taken jobs from Americans, and caused energy prices to skyrocket, all in the name supposedly of climate change.

Enough is enough. I am proud to cosponsor H. Res. 987 to put an end to the Biden administration's harmful anti-American energy policies. We have to stop this practice of supporting the people who hate us. We need to employ Americans and control our own destiny by proliferating American energy production.

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