[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 121 (Thursday, July 21, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H6927]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                FAILED SOLUTIONS TO RISING ENERGY COSTS

  (Mr. SMITH of Missouri asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Madam Speaker, President Biden's reckless 
agenda is sending our Nation hurdling towards a recession.
  The President wants people to believe 40-year high inflation is 
someone else's fault. But his solution to this crisis highlights his 
complicity in driving up the cost of everything, from gas to groceries.
  One of President Biden's solutions to rising energy costs is begging 
foreign countries to pump more oil. This is the same President who is 
waging a regulatory assault on U.S. energy production. His 
administration has sold nearly 1 million barrels of oil from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve to a Chinese energy company.
  It is unbelievable. I am coauthoring an amendment to block the 
administration from ever doing this again.
  As a fighter for working families, I will keep doing everything I can 
to hold the administration accountable for driving inflation to the 
highest level in 40 years.

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