[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]




                         STRATEGIC OIL RESERVE

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TITUS. Madam Speaker, I rise to discuss the Protecting America's 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act which the Republicans 
brought to the floor today to fix a mistake that their leadership in 
the 114th Congress made. You wouldn't know that, Madam Speaker, to hear 
them talking today of blaming other people and not themselves.
  Back then, 235 Republicans voted to end our country's 40-year-long 
crude oil export ban. When they did that, Trump took full advantage of 
it, and under his administration over 391 million barrels went to 
China. Now they want to rewrite history. You can't rewrite the history. 
The evidence is there.
  This bill was a step in the right direction. But like my colleague 
from Ohio said earlier: It doesn't go far enough.
  Why don't we extend this ban to North Korea, Iran, and Russia?
  That way we can prevent all our adversaries and not just China from 
using our oil to our disadvantage.

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