[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 58 (Friday, April 1, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 NOT AN INNOCENT APRIL FOOLS' DAY PRANK

  (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, last year I introduced H.R. 6176, with 
the goal of preventing the Secretary of Energy and the President from 
doing exactly what they announced this week, tapping the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve without issuing a plan for American energy 
independence.
  Now, several months after living under President Biden's failed 
energy policies and decisions, he has announced the largest release of 
oil reserves in history, putting one million additional barrels on the 
market per day on average every day for the next 6 months.
  Biden's anti-American energy agenda jeopardizes our national security 
once again.
  Tapping the SPR at the levels announced this week by this 
administration is a dangerous move. Drawing down our strategic reserves 
by over 25 percent poses a huge national security risk, a risk that 
America would not be in the place to take if Biden would end the 
Federal freeze on all new oil and gas projects and stop the regulatory 
assault on U.S. energy development and financing. Tapping the SPR will 
not lower gas prices.
  Today is April Fools' Day, but with Biden in office you would think 
every day is April Fools' Day. However, he is not pulling innocent 
pranks on the American people, but he is personally harming the safety, 
security, and prosperity of America.

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