[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 10 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            PROTECTING AMERICA'S STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

  (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, America's economic independence is based 
in energy independence.
  Today, I voted for H.R. 22, a bill that prohibits selling oil from 
our Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China. However, this bill does not 
go far enough.
  I was one of the Members that saved the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
with my vote several years ago. We have to do more to prohibit the sale 
of oil to other tyrants who wage war on peaceful people and nations.
  In 2015, it was the Republican-controlled Congress that voted to 
begin exporting oil to all of our biggest adversaries: Iran, North 
Korea, Russia, and China included.
  Well, how about that?
  Americans cannot be dependent on any foreign adversaries for our way 
of life. Now more than ever is the time to ensure American energy 
independence in perpetuity. We protect our workers and our companies 
when we stand up to predatory adversaries.
  We must continue to keep advancing new energy technologies here at 
home, and I look forward to Republican support in doing so. That is the 
recipe for American strength and liberty.

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