[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 72 (Friday, April 28, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H2105-H2106]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                NATURAL GAS INTEGRAL TO ENERGY APPROACH

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, today, over 187 million Americans use 
natural gas, as well as another approximately 50 million who use 
propane, because it is affordable and available right here in North 
America. Over half the country uses this product.
  Over 45 million stoves and ovens, 61 million water heaters, and 73 
million space heaters use natural gas across the country, which 
provides consistent, reliable energy for heating and cooking, et 
cetera.
  Our Nation is the largest consumer of natural gas and one of the 
largest producers of natural gas due to the miracle of hydraulic 
fracturing. It has become an integral and reliable part of our energy 
arsenal over the decades.
  Yet, States like California--and now the Biden administration--can't 
seem to admit the unreliable alternatives that they are trying to force 
upon all of us are not the be-all and end-all. They can't seem to admit 
that these technologies have not advanced to the point where they can 
rely on solar or wind, a tiny part of our grid, for all of our needs.

  Democrats are content to source foreign energy to fill in the gaps 
where their green energy falls way short. Republicans and other 
commonsense Americans know we need an all-of-the-above energy approach 
to fill our energy needs.

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  Natural gas, oil, hydropower, geothermal, nuclear, and biomass are 
all important parts of the grid, not just windmills, not just solar 
panels. We need all of the above.

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