[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ADDRESSING AMERICA'S ENERGY CRISIS

  (Mr. STAUBER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STAUBER. Madam Speaker, this time last year, America was energy 
independent. Now our Nation is facing a full-blown energy crisis, 
leaving the American people to ask, ``What changed?''
  Well, the answer is simple.
  Unlike the Trump administration, the Biden administration is 
determined to make it more difficult for American energy producers to 
develop affordable and reliable energy here at home.
  On his first day in office, Joe Biden canceled the Keystone pipeline. 
Soon after, he banned all new oil and gas leases on Federal lands. As a 
result, Americans are paying exponentially more at the pump with gas 
prices reaching a 7-year high. And this winter, the cost to heat our 
homes is expected to jump 54 percent.
  As the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, I have been disappointed to see Joe Biden and Democrats in 
Congress double down on their failed agenda by pushing a $5.5 trillion 
tax-and-spend package that will only increase our energy prices.
  Instead of canceling commonsense energy projects, let's empower 
American energy workers to do what they do best. Instead of targeting 
American energy companies, let's make it easier for them to increase 
domestic oil and gas production.
  If we do this, the next century can be an American century.

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