[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 194 (Wednesday, December 14, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H9842-H9843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                         MAKING ENERGY PROGRESS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, this week, gas prices in Toledo, Ohio, 
fell to $2.87 a gallon. Am I the only person in Congress noticing gas 
prices are falling? Hello?
  The best part is that this gasoline is derived from energy reserves 
that are brought up from the Utica and Marcellus shale located right in 
Ohio near the border with Pennsylvania and West Virginia. This means 
transport costs to market are less. How about that?
  What America produces and makes, produces and makes America. Powering 
our Nation from inside our country means importing less.
  Just yesterday, the Department of Energy made a historic announcement 
about the achievement of fusion ignition at Livermore National 
Laboratory.
  America is making great strides to unleash the future of energy. When 
America innovates, she is able to stand on her own two feet.
  Inside our borders, we must secure energy independence and good-
paying jobs through distributed generation, solar, fusion, hydrogen, 
biofuels, advanced nuclear, and more.
  Energy security is national security. Let's keep working to make our 
country energy secure with the good jobs that go with it, both for 
today and the tomorrows to come.
  Onward, energy progress.

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