[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 77 (Monday, May 9, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

   Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I was unable to cast a vote on 
rollcall vote No. 148 the motion to instruct the conferees of the 
United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 offered by Senator 
Barrasso. The motion would force the administration to immediately 
develop a 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing plan that includes a 
minimum of 10 region-wide oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico 
and Alaska regions of the Outer Continental Shelf--OCS--with two sales 
every year.
   Had I been present, I would have voted against the motion. Rather 
than tying the administration's hands with an arbitrary timetable for 
offshore leases, we should be carefully weighing the risks and benefits 
of such projects to each offshore ecosystem while diversifying our 
energy sources, enhancing our energy efficiency, and encouraging the 
transition to clean renewable energy.

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