[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 118 (Monday, July 18, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          RISING ENERGY COSTS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, one in four Americans can't afford to have 
their basic needs met now due to high energy costs.
  Instead of prioritizing policies that will knock down costs and 
provide financial relief to the American people, House Democrats are 
doubling down on their woke environmental policies in this week's 
spending package.
  Far-left spending priorities include a 20 percent increase for the 
EPA. This comes right after the Supreme Court ruled that the agency is 
to roll back their overreaching, self-endowed authority.
  Also in the package, is taking away the status of biomass from our 
forests that are on fire all the time--especially this time of year. 
The biomass would be a renewable resource to help produce electricity, 
et cetera. They want to take that away. So let the forest burn.
  It also further restricts offshore oil and gas activities while 
increasing oil and gas inspection fees at the same time that President 
Biden is over there begging the Saudis to send more imported oil to us.
  How is this going to help?
  Instead, the Biden administration must end the Federal freeze on oil 
and gas leases, fast-track pending LNG export permits, and expedite 
approval of all pipeline and energy development.
  This will help regular American people with their high costs of doing 
business and raising their families.

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