[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 86 (Thursday, May 19, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H5178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 ENERGY PRICES SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, in March, the Biden administration 
announced the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day for our 
strategic petroleum reserve in response to energy prices spiraling out 
of control.
  The strategic petroleum reserve is supposed to be for natural 
disasters and emergencies, not for cleaning up President Biden's policy 
failures. What do we have to show for this administration's 
incompetence: the highest gas prices on record and the lowest levels of 
crude oil in our strategic stockpile in 35 years.
  President Biden and Washington Democrats aren't fooling anyone. 
Instead of working to alleviate Americans' pain at the pump, the Biden 
administration is intentionally suffocating domestic oil and gas 
production in hopes to replace fossil fuels with a socialist Green New 
Deal agenda.
  Americans are now spending an estimated $5,000 a year on gas, up from 
$2,800 a year ago. That is a huge burden for millions of American 
families also paying more for just about everything they purchase.
  Madam Speaker, the last year and a half have made clear, Americans 
cannot afford President Biden's socialist agenda.

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