[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 9, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                          I HAD TO VOTE ``NO''

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, there is no way I could vote to exchange 
getting oil from Putin for getting oil from some other tyrant who wants 
to destroy America, which makes this a rather cynical ploy, so I had to 
vote ``no'' on Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act.
  It is time to make America energy independent again and stop the war 
on American seniors, Americans on fixed incomes, and those that have to 
keep maxing out their credit cards to buy gas just to get to work. I 
had to vote ``no'' on what is being referred to as the Russia bill.
  We have heard enough of the Biden administration lectures that 
Americans should basically eat cake in their brand new expensive 
electric cars. People who can't afford a tank of gas today can't afford 
$30,000 to $150,000 for a new electric car.
  This bill allowed the President to waive the provisions we voted on, 
so I voted ``no.''

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