[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 179 (Tuesday, October 12, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1081]
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                       BIDEN CRAZY ENERGY AGENDA

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                            HON. JOE WILSON

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 12, 2021

  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, it was extraordinary 
that House Republican Steve Scalise (R-LA) joined Fox News Channel's 
Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy to discuss how the Democrats' 
far-left energy policies are hurting families and workers. Whip Scalise 
pointed out that the Biden Administration's out-of-control spending and 
radical climate agenda has raised the price of gas, electricity, and 
groceries for middle class families. In addition, Whip Scalise called 
out President Biden for canceling the Keystone pipeline and begging 
OPEC and Russia to increase oil production instead of finding ways to 
promote American energy independence and create jobs in the United 
States.
  Whip Scalise accurately evaluated that ``ultimately, it's the Biden 
Administration that's created so many of these supply chain problems 
starting with the lack of affordable American energy. It's one of the 
reasons people are paying 40 percent more for gasoline at the pump. 
It's one of the reasons that prices at the grocery store are 
dramatically higher. It's because of the policies where they said that 
they're not against all energy, they're just against American energy.''
  He reviewed correctly history, ``You know, when President Biden 
walked in the door, we were energy independent. We run not only making 
enough for America's needs. We were exporting to our friends around the 
world. And so countries that are allies of America could get their 
energy from us. That's changing. Now, they've got to get it from 
enemies like Russia. Any by the way, Trey, it's the low-income families 
that pay the biggest price for the [spike in] inflation that we're 
seeing right now.''
  Whip Scalise concluded, You know, it's this kind of elitist 
Washington attitude that [says], ``Don't worry. You've got a great 
career making over $100,000 a year producing American energy in South 
Louisiana. But, you can go and install solar panels. Which, by the way, 
you're probably going to be making 40 percent less.'' And go look at 
what they did with Solyndra. A lot of those solar panels are made in 
China. When the [Obama] Administration--back when he was Vice 
President--gave $500 million of taxpayer money to Solyndra, the company 
went bankrupt in just a few months and the taxpayers lost all that 
money. In this package of bills, they have over $100 billion dollars in 
Solyndra-style slush funds to give out money to their friends while 
crushing the jobs of those hard-working families in South Louisiana.
  Our country is fortunate to have Trey Gowdy hosting Sunday Night. 
Former Congressman Gowdy has an extraordinary prosecutorial ability 
which he perfected serving as a Solicitor (District Attorney) in South 
Carolina. His talent for extracting the truth from witnesses in plain 
English is invaluable in our current era of doublespeak.

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