[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                    SACRIFICING ENERGY INDEPENDENCE

  (Mr. HAGEDORN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAGEDORN. Mr. Speaker, just weeks into this administration, and 
after endless promises of unity, the President has issued over 40 
radical executive orders, ranging from rejoining a failed climate pact 
to taking steps to dismantle the Nation's border security.
  Governing via executive order, the administration has unilaterally 
launched a coordinated assault on American energy and a war on 
agriculture.
  By revoking the Keystone XL pipeline project, the administration sent 
more than 10,000 skilled workers to the unemployment line, disrupted 
our safest and most efficient form of energy transportation, and 
increased the cost of transporting grain for farmers and 
agribusinesses.
  The President also issued extremist moratoriums on new oil and gas 
leasing and drilling on Federal lands, which only serves to increase 
American reliance on foreign energy, eliminate good-paying jobs, 
further stifle economic growth, and drive up the cost of fuel and 
electricity for every American.
  This backward agenda is sacrificing the energy independence 
achievements made by President Trump and Republicans these past 4 
years. Sadly, the Biden Democrat Party energy policy is putting America 
last.

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