[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                           THE ENERGY CRISIS

  (Mr. SANTOS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SANTOS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to implore my colleagues to act 
with haste on the critical energy crisis that is currently dragging 
down the productivity of our economy and bleeding our workers bone dry.
  My constituents are already weighed down by the heavy burden of taxes 
and regulations and cannot afford to pay the rising energy prices that 
currently hinder their ability to invest and rebuild in our local 
economy in the wake of a global pandemic and the suffocating lockdowns 
that have absolutely ravaged our communities.
  They can no longer afford the inefficient and opaque decisionmaking 
on our energy policy and strategic reserves by bureaucrats who don't 
know what it means to be unable to fill up their gas tanks, balance a 
monthly food budget, or sacrificing the miles they drive in search of 
baby formula for their children.
  On behalf of the constituents of New York's Third Congressional 
District, I urge my colleagues to join me to aggressively demand 
commonsense energy policies, to encourage due diligence and 
transparency from the decisionmakers, and to shore up our strategic 
reserves for the sake of our precious national security.

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