[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 49 (Friday, March 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H3844]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ENERGY PLAN
(Mr. ROSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. ROSE. Madam Speaker, the Biden administration has a backup plan
to address rising gas prices, if their Secretary of Transportation's
comical recommendation for every American to buy an electric car
doesn't pan out. Unfortunately, the plan includes secret talks with
Venezuela, led by corrupt dictator Nicolas Maduro, about lifting
sanctions on importing Venezuelan oil into the United States.
Of course, if that doesn't work out, there is always Saudi Arabia and
the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, otherwise known as
OPEC, because, surely, begging an oil cartel to make a deal to increase
oil production could never go wrong. What is next? Buying oil from
Iran, the world's leading exporter of terrorism?
This begs the question: Is this all that the Biden administration has
to offer the American people in a time of crisis? Buy oil from corrupt
dictators or buy a costly electric vehicle that you can't afford?
These are not the ideals on which America was built. Regrettably,
this is President Biden's America.
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