[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 20, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6903]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      FAILURES OF THE U.S. SENATE

  (Mr. CASTEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Speaker, the West is burning and we can't get the 
water to put it out, thanks to a 1,200-year drought.
  Louisiana insurance companies are failing due to rising sea levels.
  Families are paying more than ever to cool their home and fill up 
their tank with ever more expensive fossil fuels.
  And this week, we learned that a majority of the Senate thinks that 
is fine.
  They are fine with Americans paying too much for energy. They are 
fine with Americans keeping our economy coupled to Putin's war machine. 
They are fine with stealing from consumers and stealing from our future 
to subsidize fossil energy producers today.
  If you have a solar panel on your roof, if you have an electric 
vehicle in your driveway or an energy-efficient home, you are helping 
your planet and you are helping your wallets.
  In the House, we are making that opportunity available to all 
Americans and, yet, the Senate has failed us. Their failure is not only 
a failure to do their job, it is not only a failure of leadership, the 
U.S. Senate is increasingly an embarrassment, and I am sick of 
apologizing for them.

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