[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         BIDEN'S ENERGY CRISIS

  (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALAZZO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to address President Biden's 
attack on American energy independence.
  From day one, the Biden administration has opposed domestic energy 
production in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore. The drastic reduction in 
domestic energy production has made the U.S. even more reliant on 
foreign energy.
  Since President Biden took office, the U.S. has imported around 228 
million barrels of oil from Russia alone. That adds up to $17.5 billion 
in 2021 to help fuel Putin's war on Ukraine and jeopardize our national 
security.
  Instead of increasing the amount of domestic energy production to 
help ease the high fuel price, the President is now looking to 
Venezuela and Iran to help supply the U.S. with even more foreign oil 
and gas. We cannot allow the United States to cut funding from one 
tyrant to hand it out to another.
  The United States has the world's largest oil and gas reserves. We 
can produce energy resources more cleanly and efficiently than anywhere 
else in the world, and we should produce them.
  As a former offshore oil worker, and now a Member of Congress, an 
energy-independent United States is one of my top priorities in 
Congress. Our country must cut back its reliance on foreign oil. 
American oil, natural gas, or clean coal, the method is flexible, but 
the reason is not. We must increase our domestic production of energy. 
Our national security depends on it.

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