[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 200 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H9988]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE

  (Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, last week, during a 
telephone townhall, a woman in my district asked what Congress was 
planning to do about the cost of her fuel bills. She could no longer 
afford to heat her home, and she has been forced to use a wood stove 
just to maintain a normal temperature in her home.
  The temperature in my hometown in Altoona, Pennsylvania, tomorrow 
night will be 1 degree Fahrenheit.
  For months, we have warned of constituents being unable to heat their 
homes when truly cold nights come this winter. And guess what, now they 
are here, and the Biden administration has still refused to act.
  President Biden has refused to slash red tape and get pipelines and 
liquid natural gas facilities online that could address these soaring 
energy prices.
  That is why we need to enact in Congress our Commitment to America 
and return not only to energy independence but to energy dominance.
  We as Republicans will cut through government regulation. We will 
work to solve permitting reform, and we will finally bring the change 
that makes it possible to utilize the energy sources that are under the 
feet of my constituents.

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