[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 39 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H1278-H1279]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BIDEN ENERGY CRISIS

  (Mr. MOORE of Alabama asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MOORE of Alabama. Madam Speaker, we are in the depths of the 
Biden energy crisis.
  On day one of Joe Biden's Presidency, he launched his war on American 
energy when he killed the Keystone XL pipeline, which could be 
supplying 830,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada to U.S. refineries. 
As recently as a few days ago, we imported 600,000 barrels of oil from 
Russia.
  During the State of the Union, President Biden claimed he wanted to 
``Buy American.'' But regrettably, he did not apply that to our oil or 
our natural gas. Biden has made it crystal clear that his anti-energy 
agenda would continue.
  He also announced that he would once again tap into the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve and release 30 million barrels of oil in another 
desperate attempt to reduce gas prices here at home. The SPR is 
supposed to be used for national security emergencies and

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for major weather events, not for Biden to use as a political Hail Mary 
when his policies fail us. Energy security is national security.
  Let me say this: Winston Churchill said appeasement is like feeding a 
crocodile and hoping he eats you last. We must stop appeasing Russia. 
We must be Churchill in this moment, not Chamberlain.

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