[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 39 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  PURSUE ENERGY, NOT POLITICAL AGENDAS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, this country faces an energy crisis of 
all types: fuel, gas, electricity. But what is the issue we are 
pursuing? It seems to be all about this little sliver right here on 
this chart: carbon dioxide.
  Most people are surprised when told 0.04 percent composes the carbon 
dioxide part of our atmosphere. You see 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent 
oxygen, trace gases. I had to break this out of trace gases so you can 
see it on the chart.
  Yet, in my home State of California--where we had CO2-free 
power plants, two nuclear plants; the second one will be gone in 3 
years--they want to remove hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River in 
my district that make zero CO2.
  So, is this really about CO2, or is it about some other 
political agenda? Because in my district, when the wind blows, they 
have to shut the power off because the trees the Forest Service are not 
managing might blow into the power lines coming from a hydroelectric 
dam.
  I do not understand what the energy policy of this country is because 
I don't think there is one anymore. We need to get back to doing what 
we do well and not pursue this fruitless agenda.

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