[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 118 (Monday, July 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H6683-H6684]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            PROTECT ENERGY GRID FROM GREEN NEW DEAL POLICIES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, as temperatures rise, our 
energy grid has been left unprepared to keep up with the power demands 
to keep up with this intense summer heat.
  Instead of investing in the coal, natural gas, and Marcellus shale 
that is under the feet of my constituents in Pennsylvania, President 
Biden has turned his back on my communities in

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order to enact Green New Deal policies that fail to meet our energy 
needs, fail to meet the needs that, right now, in the heat of July, are 
expanding.
  It has become abundantly clear that solar panels and windmills cannot 
produce the power needed to keep the lights on and keep the air-
conditioners humming.
  This failed pivot to radical energy policies that could lead to 
rolling blackouts and has led to skyrocketing electric bills across the 
country needs to be addressed and needs to be addressed right now.
  It is time for the Biden administration to protect our energy grid, 
and it is time to ensure that we are using the resources that we have 
right here at home to serve the American people. It is not time to turn 
to OPEC for additional support when we have the resources right here in 
America. It is time that we come together and serve the American people 
with the resources that are right here in America.

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