[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 50 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H1314-H1321]
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  DENOUNCING THE HARMFUL, ANTI-AMERICAN ENERGY POLICIES OF THE BIDEN 
                             ADMINISTRATION

  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 1085, I call up 
the resolution (H. Res. 987) denouncing the harmful, anti-American 
energy policies of the Biden administration, and for other purposes, 
and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1085, the 
resolution is considered read.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 987

       Whereas President Joe Biden and his administration have 
     proposed and finalized regulations that increase the cost of 
     energy for domestic consumers, hamper domestic production of 
     energy, and increase reliance on foreign adversaries for 
     energy needs;
       Whereas then-candidate Joe Biden is quoted as saying, ``I 
     will end fossil fuels.'';
       Whereas decreasing domestic production of fossil fuels does 
     not prevent the fuels from being produced globally, but 
     instead increases the United States reliance on other 
     countries for its energy needs;
       Whereas the United States is reliant on China and other 
     foreign adversaries for many of the minerals necessary for 
     renewable energy development;
       Whereas the Biden administration has blocked domestic 
     mineral development despite the massive increase in demand 
     for these minerals;
       Whereas the United States became the global leader in 
     liquified natural gas exports for the first time in 2023;
       Whereas, on January 26, 2024, the Biden administration 
     announced guidance that would prohibit liquified natural gas 
     exports and permitting for export facilities under section 3 
     of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b);
       Whereas, under President Biden, gasoline prices reached a 
     record-breaking high in 2022, with prices soaring to a 
     nationwide average of over $4 a gallon and nearly $5 for 
     diesel;
       Whereas gas prices have increased due to President Biden's 
     policies, affecting families and small businesses who 
     struggle to make ends meet;
       Whereas, in May 2023, it was calculated that nearly 
     20,000,000 households in the United States were behind on 
     their utility bills because of rising energy prices;
       Whereas energy prices increased roughly 37.2 percent in 
     President Biden's first 26 months in office, which is the 
     largest increase of any of the last 7 Presidents;
       Whereas President Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline 
     on his first day in office, preventing over 11,000 jobs, 
     hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil per day, and millions 
     in revenue;
       Whereas the Biden administration illegally canceled leases 
     in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, even though the 
     leases were mandated under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act;
       Whereas the Biden administration added extraction 
     restrictions to 13,000,000 acres of the National Petroleum 
     Reserve-Alaska;
       Whereas the Biden administration canceled 3 proposed lease 
     sales in the Gulf of Mexico;
       Whereas President Trump held 9 offshore lease sales and 
     President Obama held 20;
       Whereas the Biden administration has proposed numerous 
     antifossil fuel policies that restrict Federal land 
     development causing companies to cease investment in 
     research, development, and exploration;
       Whereas the Biden administration implemented a 20-year 
     mining moratorium on 225,000 acres of the Superior National 
     Forest in northern Minnesota;
       Whereas the Biden administration continues to restrict 
     mineral extraction in areas including Chaco Canyon, Black 
     Hills National Forest, and the Thompson Divide;
       Whereas, in 2022, more than one-third of Americans say they 
     reduced or skipped basic expenses, such as medicine or food, 
     to pay an energy bill;
       Whereas President Biden issued Executive Order 14008 on his 
     first day in office, which halted all new oil and natural gas 
     leasing on Federal lands, violating the Mineral Leasing Act, 
     which requires the Department of the Interior to hold 
     quarterly lease sales;
       Whereas the Biden administration did not hold an onshore 
     lease sale until June 2022, and the first sale excluded 
     nearly 80 percent of eligible lands while instituting a 50-
     percent royalty increase;
       Whereas, in fiscal year 2022, the first full fiscal year of 
     the Biden administration, the Bureau of Land Management 
     approved an average of 233 drilling permits per month;
       Whereas, in contrast, the Bureau of Land Management was 
     approving nearly 400 drilling permits monthly in fiscal year 
     2020;
       Whereas the Biden administration has held only 18 lease 
     sales over 36 months in office;
       Whereas the Biden administration has leased roughly 232,000 
     acres bringing in roughly $180,000,000 in Federal funding, 
     approximately one-tenth of the acreage and revenue secured by 
     the Trump administration;
       Whereas, over the same time period, the Trump 
     administration had held 82 lease sales, leasing 3,700,000 
     acres and bringing in over $1,700,000,000 for taxpayers.
       Whereas the Bureau of Land Management proposed a rule 
     titled ``Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, 
     and Resource Conservation'' (87 Fed. Reg. 73588) which aims 
     to further regulate natural gas emissions from oil and 
     natural gas production on Federal lands;
       Whereas the Bureau of Land Management issued Instructional 
     Memoranda that restrict the rights of existing leaseholders, 
     ignore statutory mandates, and will limit acreage in future 
     sales;
       Whereas the Biden administration proposed the rule titled 
     ``Conservation and Landscape Health'' (88 Fed. Reg. 19583) 
     that would illegally elevate conservation as a multiple use 
     under the Federal Land Management Policy Act of 1976;
       Whereas the Biden administration has proposed a rule titled 
     ``Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process'' (88. Fed. Reg. 
     47562) that would establish preference criteria to limit oil 
     and gas leasing on Federal lands, while increasing royalty 
     and bonding rates for oil and gas producers on Federal lands; 
     and
       Whereas the Biden administration proposed numerous 
     supplemental environmental impact statements for resource 
     management plans across Western States that would lock up 
     millions of acres of Federal lands from resource development: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
       (1) denounces the harmful anti-American energy policies of 
     the Biden administration;
       (2) denounces the irrational and unpredictable Federal 
     lands policies of the Biden administration;
       (3) condemns the energy crisis plaguing families, 
     businesses, and Americans around the country that has been 
     caused by the Biden administration; and
       (4) encourages the domestic production of reliable and 
     affordable energy generation sources.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The resolution shall be debatable for 1 hour 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.
  The gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan) and the gentleman from 
New Jersey (Mr. Pallone) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan).


                             General Leave

  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material on H. Res. 987.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from South Carolina?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 987 to denounce the harmful 
anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration, led by 
Congressional Western Caucus Chairman   Dan Newhouse.
  From day one, the Biden administration has waged war on American 
energy. Their actions and policies have jeopardized our grid security, 
caused America to become more dependent on foreign adversaries like 
Iran, Russia, China, Venezuela, and others, and increased energy costs 
for everyday Americans.
  Energy is foundational to everything in American life. American 
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powers our country, employs our workers, and drives our economy.
  When the cost of energy goes up, so does everything else. Since 
President Biden took office, the administration has taken over 170 
regulatory actions to make it harder to produce and deliver American 
energy.
  President Biden and House Democrats are doing everything in their 
power to regulate American energy workers out of existence, and they 
don't care how it negatively impacts communities in South Carolina or 
any other State around the country. They are putting the needs of the 
radical climate lobby over hardworking Americans.
  Americans know gas prices hit a 4-month high this week, with a 
national average of $3.46 a gallon. In May 2023, it was calculated that 
nearly 20 million households in the United States were behind on their 
utility bills. That means they couldn't pay them or were having trouble 
paying them.
  In President Biden's first 26 months in office, energy prices 
increased roughly 27.2 percent, the largest increase of any of the past 
seven administrations.
  President Biden's policies have directly contributed to these 
unaffordable energy bills. He started his first day in office by 
canceling the Keystone pipeline, eliminating the potential for 11,000 
energy sector jobs.
  He continues to block domestic mineral development while 
simultaneously forcing a rush to green agenda, which makes the United 
States reliant on foreign countries like China that use child labor, 
have inhumane working conditions, and do their mining in a very 
environmentally insensitive way.
  To distract from high energy prices, President Biden directed the 
largest drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the Nation's 
history.
  Now, the SPR, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, is there for national 
emergencies--in time of war, hurricane, and other natural disasters. He 
drew it down for political purposes.
  Under Democratic control, the SPR has been drained to its lowest 
level since 1980 as an election year gimmick. It puts America at risk, 
though, not having that Strategic Petroleum Reserve available.
  President Biden's anti-American energy policies know no end. They are 
taxing natural gas, blocking pipelines, banning LNG exports, which help 
American producers but also help our friends and allies around the 
globe, and imposing aggressive EPA regulations.
  Just yesterday, the Biden administration announced a rule that would 
mandate that nearly two-thirds of new vehicles must be all-electric by 
2032, regardless of cost, functionality, or consumer choice, which 
should drive the market for automobile production.
  Congressman Newhouse's resolution denounces these policies and 
encourages domestic energy production of reliable and affordable energy 
sources.
  Republicans have solutions, and those solutions will reverse the 
Biden administration's war on energy. The House recently passed H.R. 
7176, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, to reverse the 
Biden LNG export ban.
  We also will be taking up this week H.R. 1023, the Cutting Green 
Corruption and Taxes Act, to repeal both the EPA greenhouse gas 
reduction fund and the EPA's recently proposed natural gas tax.
  Republicans are leading to unleash American energy and deliver more 
affordable and reliable energy to all Americans.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, this resolution is a ridiculous waste of our time. It 
will do nothing to lower costs for the American people. It will do 
nothing to grow our economy. It will do nothing to help us continue our 
goal of leading the world in the clean energy transition. It will do 
nothing to combat the worsening climate crisis.
  This resolution does absolutely nothing. It is nothing more than a 
long list of fabricated grievances against the Biden administration and 
against the important work that congressional Democrats have 
accomplished over the last few years.
  It reads as if Republicans just fed their same old dirty energy 
talking points into ChatGPT and asked it to spit out a resolution.
  Instead of focusing on real solutions to bring down energy costs for 
Americans, House Republicans are working to pass this meaningless 
resolution that falsely claims the Biden administration is anti-
American energy, that that is what their policy is.
  Let's look at the facts. The United States is currently producing 
more energy than ever before in its history. That includes energy from 
all sources--solar, wind, and, yes, more oil and gas than ever before.
  While we are doing this, we are also making incredible progress in 
addressing carbon emissions and air pollution. Last year, emissions in 
the United States fell by 2 percent, even as the GDP grew by 2.4 
percent.
  Why are Republicans complaining? Why are they upset about the fact 
that we found a way to pursue energy security while also lowering 
energy costs for American families, boosting our economy, and tackling 
the worsening climate crisis, all at the same time?
  I am going to tell you why--because Republicans don't want anything 
to stand in the way of their oil and gas friends. They refuse to 
deviate from their polluters over people agenda, and they are wasting 
floor time on meaningless resolutions and bills that won't go anywhere 
because they are simply not capable of governing.
  This Republican Congress is the least productive of any Congress 
since the Great Depression. They don't have any new ideas or solutions. 
Instead, they just continue to gravitate to their comfort zone, which 
is doing the bidding of the oil and gas industry.
  President Biden and congressional Democrats have taken a drastically 
different approach. In stark contrast to Republicans' polluters over 
people agenda, Democrats are fighting to lower American energy bills, 
grow our middle class with new, good-paying clean energy jobs, and 
combat the worsening climate crisis.
  Through the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction 
Act, we have seen clean energy projects growing all over the country. 
New manufacturing facilities are making EVs, batteries, and other clean 
energy technologies, and they are all booming because of crucial 
investments from these two bills.
  This leads to emission reductions, energy production, and, of course, 
important new jobs. It is revitalizing communities across the country, 
with more than 271,000 clean energy jobs created since the passage of 
the Inflation Reduction Act.
  In fact, the sponsor of this resolution will get to witness the power 
of these investments in his own district in Washington State. Two 
companies backed by bipartisan infrastructure law investments of $100 
million are building next-generation EV battery plants in Washington 
State, in his district, and are expected to create hundreds of new 
jobs.
  It is not just the State of Washington that is benefiting. Over half 
of the Inflation Reduction Act's projects are located in congressional 
districts represented by Republicans, totaling more than 144,000 new 
jobs and over $262 billion in investments.
  We are growing the economies in their districts, yet Republicans 
continue to complain.
  Republicans often talk about the Biden administration's so-called war 
on energy. They mentioned it today. I honestly have no idea what they 
are talking about. American energy production is breaking records. Gas 
prices have remained stable over the last year. The Energy Information 
Administration has forecasted that Americans are paying less for 
heating costs this year than they did last year.
  Other countries--and often our competitors--are investing rapidly in 
clean energy. If we pause our important work, we will fall behind.
  If Republicans have their way, we will stop competing, stop investing 
in the booming clean energy economy, and simply recommit to expensive, 
polluting fossil fuels as the way forward.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote against this do-nothing 
resolution, and I urge my colleagues across the aisle to come up with 
better things for all of us to do with our time, not waste our time.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, the hardworking Americans, the taxpayers in this 
country, know that the rush to green policies of the Biden 
administration have made energy more expensive.
  The Democrats are going to say: Well, oil and gas production is 
higher than it has ever been in this country.
  Yes, it is, but it has nothing to do with the policies coming out of 
the Biden administration, which started a war on American energy on day 
one.
  There is not a single policy you can point to that the Biden 
administration has put forward that would increase oil and gas 
production. In fact, they have done everything to harm oil and gas 
production in this country.
  Oil and gas production increases are due to the policies of the last 
administration and policies that were set forth over the last decade--
nothing to do with the Biden rush to green policies that have made 
energy more expensive.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. 
Scalise), our majority leader.
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from South Carolina for 
yielding and for his leadership on energy.
  We sure are going to miss your voice. We have a few more months left 
before you leave Congress, but you have been a great advocate for 
American energy and for so many other forms of energy like nuclear 
power.
  Today, we are talking about how we can help those families who are 
struggling. I rise in strong support of H. Res. 987 by Mr. Newhouse and 
a number of other colleagues because if the policies of the Biden 
administration were working so well, as some would try to claim, why 
are families furious that they are paying about 40 percent more when 
they go to the gas station to fill up their cars? Why are they furious 
that when they pay their household electricity bills--if they can 
afford to pay their household electricity bills--they are paying over 
30 percent more?
  It is because, from day one, when Joe Biden took the oath of office, 
he issued an all-out assault on American energy.
  For anybody who forgot or wants to glaze over it or say it didn't 
happen or ask what they are talking about, the good news is we actually 
documented all of those specific actions in this resolution, Mr. 
Speaker, because it is President Biden who took these actions.

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  Day one, he canceled the Keystone Pipeline. Now, what does that mean? 
That would have been about 11,000 American jobs. You know what it also 
would have meant? It would have meant about 830,000 barrels of oil 
moving through the Keystone Pipeline.
  Now, for the people that are trying to suggest that, oh, that is a 
good thing--because there are some people that want to just eviscerate 
American fossil fuels, and President Biden has led that charge, but 
let's be very clear, Mr. Speaker, President Biden's war on fossil fuels 
doesn't cover all oil and gas, it only covers American oil and gas.
  Maybe that is the most perplexing part of his failed policies that 
angers people. People have figured this out because they have watched 
the President get on Air Force One, which, by the way, still runs on 
jet fuel. They don't have solar panels on the wings of Air Force One. 
It is not a green plane. He got on Air Force One, and he flew to Saudi 
Arabia and begged them to produce more oil when he is shutting down 
production in America.
  Do you know what Saudi told him? They said, no, because they are a 
cartel. They are a monopoly. They are part of OPEC. They want higher 
prices. It benefits them to have higher prices. So they told President 
Biden, no, but President Biden should have never even had to go to 
Saudi.
  Again, if President Biden is so against fossil fuels, if they are so 
immoral as some on the left will suggest, then why is he getting on Air 
Force One, using fossil fuels, and begging Saudi to produce more when 
he is shutting it down here?
  Again, he canceled lease sales in America. It is documented here in 
the resolution we are voting on today. We didn't do that. Nobody else 
did it but Joe Biden. He is the one who canceled lease sales.
  President Obama actually had lease sales. President Trump had lease 
sales. As my colleague from South Carolina pointed out, production 
today--if you want to brag about production, that is great, because oil 
production today is a result of investments made 5 and 10 years ago.
  I represent parts of the Gulf of Mexico, home to some of the best oil 
reserves in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Some of these rigs, 
if you go out to a platform in the Gulf, they can produce over 100,000 
barrels a day, but you don't just plop one down and start producing 
100,000 barrels today.
  If you get a lease today, you have to pay millions of dollars for it. 
You can't because Joe Biden canceled lease sales, but if you got a 
lease, you then have the luxury of going out and finding private 
investment--because there is no government money like the solar panels 
and the car batteries. You have to find private money. You might have 
to find $2 billion to go and fund the oil rig. You build the platform. 
It is a floating city. It is amazing American technology. And you put 
it out in the Gulf of Mexico 60 miles offshore maybe drilling 12,000 
feet below the surface.
  Then you have to go back to the Department and get more permits. You 
have to get permits for seismic, which you cannot get today, by the 
way. You have to get permits to put pipelines and subsurface 
infrastructure, which are almost impossible to get today because the 
Biden administration doesn't want production.
  You do all of those things, and you invest all of those billions of 
dollars of private money, and if that well happens to produce, then 
maybe 5 to 10 years later it gets the first drop of oil that comes out 
of the ground and starts producing.
  Well, again, that happened years ago, so I am glad people are taking 
credit for it today. It didn't happen today. It didn't happen when Joe 
Biden took the oath of office because Joe Biden took the steps to crush 
it, killing pipelines, killing leases on new production, killing the 
ability to get permits to go out and develop leases that you paid 
millions of dollars to the Federal Government for.
  That is what Joe Biden did.
  It is documented right here.
  But what he did worse after he killed American production--if this 
was all about purity, and this was all about just protecting the world 
from fossil fuels, that would have been it. But that is not what it is 
about. It is a war on American energy because, again, he went to Saudi 
to beg them to produce more oil when he just did a virtual ban on LNG 
exports.
  Do you know who that benefited? It crushed American jobs here. You 
already saw some decimated jobs and canceled major, major multibillion-
dollar projects in America. Do you know who it emboldens, what Joe 
Biden did? It emboldens Vladimir Putin.
  Putin is making billions of dollars a month--not a year, a month. 
Putin is making billions of dollars selling his oil and natural gas to 
world markets because of what Joe Biden has done. Because now he has 
crushed a lot more things like LNG exports, which we were using here in 
America to help our friends around the world in Europe. We can help our 
allies. But if Biden gets his way, which so far he has, we can't export 
here. They still need energy in those other countries.
  So where is Europe getting it from? From Russia. So on one hand, Joe 
Biden is saying, oh, my God, Russia is evil, and he says we need to 
help Ukraine, but then he is funding Putin's war effort by giving Putin 
leverage and billions of dollars a month to finance the war against 
Ukraine.
  This is insanity, and it is raising costs on families here at home. 
The hardworking families of America are sick and tired of Joe Biden's 
failed energy policies. And they get it. They know what he has done. 
People on this floor can sit here and deny that any of this stuff 
happened, but it did. It is well documented in the resolution point by 
point by point. I wish it was only one or two, and you can go focus on 
those, but it is over 60 actions he has taken to attack American 
energy--and, again, only American energy.
  Venezuela is getting their ability to produce more.
  Iran, the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world, who funds 
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Israel, where did they get that money? From Iran. Joe Biden reduced 
sanctions against Iran, so they can sell their oil on world markets.

  Again, if it was about purity and getting rid of oil, then it would 
be for everybody. He wouldn't have lowered the sanctions against Iran, 
but he did. Iran can go make billions of dollars a month like Putin is 
making because of Joe Biden's policies, but here in America you can't 
get new leases. It is almost impossible to get permits.
  You can't do LNG exports because Joe Biden wants to attack American 
energy. We are sick and tired of it. The American people are sick and 
tired of it. It is hurting the people that can least afford it. The 
lowest income families are paying the price for this failed policy. It 
has got to end. The bills we are bringing to the floor point it out and 
end it. The Senate should take these bills up. Everybody should vote 
for it. These should be bipartisan exercises. Everybody should stand up 
for American energy.
  When I look at that beautiful flag right behind you, Madam Speaker, I 
wonder why would we want to embolden Vladimir Putin with our energy 
policies when we have enough energy in America to crush Putin, to crush 
Iran, to crush Venezuela. OPEC would be irrelevant if we just produced 
more American energy, and the only person standing in the way right now 
is Joe Biden.
  Let's end this madness.
  Let's pass this legislation.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Crockett).
  Ms. CROCKETT. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to 
this ridiculous Republican attempt to deny reality.
  You know, I must first start off by making sure that I can respond to 
some things that were just said. As a member of the Agriculture 
Committee, you probably know just like I do that we have a thing that 
we have been fighting for called sustainable aviation fuels. This is 
something that we know in speaking to organizations such as Boeing, we 
know that we can actually operate planes off of something like 
sustainable aviation fuels, and they are ready to do the hard work, and 
guess what? Our farmers are ready to participate. Our farmers need to 
make sure that they are going to expand their options for earning a 
dollar because we have this thing called climate change that is taking 
place.
  Right now, especially in the State of Texas, we are losing so much of 
our farmland because of this thing called climate change. We just had 
wildfires that destroyed land.
  We know that right now when it comes to our sugar crops we are having 
issues because it takes 6 years just to raise a sugar crop. So guess 
what? We have got to be creative. Honestly, if we would allow the 
Republicans to continue to decide on what we are going to do when it 
relates to energy, well, by gosh darn it, I think we would still be in 
a horse and buggy because it seems like advancements in technology are 
not what we are looking for.
  No one is saying that it is either or. What we are saying is that we 
need to make progress instead of being regressive. Under this current 
administration, we know that we have a record amount of oil that is 
being produced, but that doesn't mean that we can't also be smart about 
our energy and move forward.
  Now, let me get to my prepared remarks.
  Instead of taking action to build on President Biden's progress, 
House Republicans would rather sit on the sidelines in the least 
productive Congress in modern history and ridicule rather than serve.
  In this resolution, Republicans ridicule the President's energy 
supply chain policy, but while Republicans ridicule, Biden brings 
results.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. De La Cruz). The time of the gentlewoman 
has expired.
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I yield the gentlewoman an additional 2 
minutes.
  Ms. CROCKETT. Madam Speaker, President Biden and the Democratic Party 
brought billions of dollars in investment into the U.S. energy sector 
through the Inflation Reduction Act.
  Republicans ridicule the President's record on jobs in the energy 
sector, but Biden is bringing over 1.4 million jobs to the U.S. through 
the IRA.
  Republicans ridicule the President's record on gas prices. These are 
the same Republicans, by the way, who are refusing to lift a finger to 
get critical aid to Ukraine which would lower gas prices even more.
  Nevertheless, despite Republican inaction by sharing intelligence and 
training with the Ukrainians, Biden, broke the blockade, lowering 
Americans' gas prices.
  Republicans ridicule the President's record on home energy 
affordability, but Biden brought billions of dollars to help families 
in need to pay their energy bills in each and every one of our 
districts through the LIHEAP program, which Republicans refuse to fully 
fund.

  The fact is we know what Republicans want to do with our energy 
sector. They showed us when they passed H.R. 1, which would put 
polluters over people.
  Without a positive agenda of their own, they stand on the sidelines 
to ridicule President Biden's agenda. I appreciate this resolution, if 
for no other reason than it clarifies where my colleagues on the other 
side of the aisle stand.
  I want the American people to know that Republicans ridicule 
President Biden's agenda to combat the climate crisis by lowering 
energy costs and investing in America.
  While Republicans ridicule, Biden brings results.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, it is interesting that the gentlewoman 
across the aisle mentioned Ukraine because as the majority leader so 
succinctly pointed out, Joe Biden's policies of shutting down American 
energy production is actually funneling money to Vladimir Putin to help 
him pay for the war in Ukraine, to pay for the Russian Army to go in 
and kill Ukrainians.
  It is hypocritical for them to talk about Ukraine in the light of 
American energy production.
  The gentleman from Washington State, the chair of the Western Caucus 
has a great resolution that points out all of the things that the Biden 
administration has done to kill the American energy golden goose laying 
the golden egg, helping the economy.
  Madam Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Washington 
(Mr. Newhouse).
  Mr. NEWHOUSE. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from South 
Carolina for yielding.
  I rise today in proud support of H. Res. 987. This resolution 
denounces the Biden administration's anti-American energy policies that 
are designed to slow and kill domestic production as a gift to extreme 
activists.
  The result of this failed track record has been higher prices for 
consumers--we all know that--and increased dependency on our 
adversaries like Russia, China, and Venezuela for our energy needs.
  The United States is blessed with an abundance of natural resources, 
and we have the ability to achieve energy dominance. We can produce 
affordable, reliable, and clean energy right here at home.
  Instead, this administration is adamant on bending to the will of 
these extreme activists who push policies and increase global 
emissions.

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  Madam Speaker, make no mistake, this war on American energy is not 
one fought over science. It is being fought over ideology.
  On his first day in office, President Biden canceled the Keystone XL 
pipeline, as you have heard. That has cost 11,000 potential jobs in the 
United States, hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil per day from our 
supply, and cost rural communities throughout the central United States 
millions of dollars in much-needed revenue.
  President Biden illegally canceled oil and gas leases in the Arctic 
National Wildlife Refuge and added extraction restrictions to over 13 
million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, depriving 
Alaska Native communities of key resources in revenue.
  President Biden has proposed regulation after regulation designed to 
end fossil fuel production, as he promised on the campaign trail, while 
limiting resource production on our Federal lands.
  In January of this year, Joe Biden announced a pause in future 
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natural gas export terminal permits under the guise of climate change. 
This misguided decision will restrict future supply of LNG to our 
allies abroad who are seeking to end their reliance on Russian natural 
gas. I can only imagine Vladimir Putin smiled after reading this news.
  In addition to these restrictions on oil and gas production, 
President Biden has also taken actions to make it harder to mine for 
critical minerals in the United States and forcing a reliance, again, 
on our adversary, the Chinese Communist Party.
  By blocking mineral developments in northern Minnesota's Iron Range, 
New Mexico's Chaco Canyon, and Arizona's Rosemont Copper, the Biden 
administration is actively and persistently harming American industry.
  As the chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus and a member of 
the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, I am 
dedicated to restoring prosperity to rural communities across the 
country and fighting President Biden's anti-American energy agenda.
  Madam Speaker, we have the capability to not only be energy 
independent but be a global leader in resource production. Our biggest 
obstacle to that goal is the President of the United States.
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I heard the sponsor of this resolution, the gentleman from Washington 
State, mention and make reference to Ukraine and then to LNG exports. 
Let me say, the only thing that is holding up aid to Ukraine is the 
Republican leadership.
  The Speaker at any time could bring up a bill providing funding for 
military purposes and supplies in Ukraine, and it would pass this House 
overwhelmingly. I don't know why he isn't doing it. However, for them 
to suggest on the other side of the aisle that somehow we are not 
helping Ukraine, that is their fault because they refuse to bring up 
the spending bill that will allow that to happen. It is not happening 
this week. Then we are going to go on a 2-week break, and it is still 
not happening. They are running out of ammunition in Ukraine to defend 
themselves against Putin.
  I will also mention the gentleman's reference to LNG exports. Again, 
Republicans are ignoring the facts that don't conform with their 
narrative.
  The U.S. has become the number one exporter of LNG worldwide in just 
a few short years, and there is enough already approved liquefied 
natural gas export permits for us to triple our export capacity without 
issuing a single additional permit.
  This level of production, according to a letter sent by over 60 
European Union lawmakers, will meet the energy needs of our allies in 
Europe for years to come. We are supporting our allies. It is those on 
the other side of the aisle, the Republicans, who are not supporting 
our allies by not allowing legislation to come to the floor that will 
help Ukraine.
  The White House has issued an LNG pause that serves as an opportunity 
to evaluate how the recent boom in LNG is contributing to greenhouse 
gas emissions, environmental pollution, and domestic energy price 
increases.
  What we are saying here today--and this is what the Republicans 
ignore--is that this administration, the Biden administration, is 
increasing production, increasing production of oil and natural gas, 
addressing renewables, getting more solar out there, getting more wind 
out there, but at the same time making sure that our economy grows, 
that gas prices don't increase, and addressing the climate crisis.
  The White House has this LNG pause because one study found that the 
rise in U.S. LNG exports over the past 3 years is contributing to 
higher energy bills for American families.
  We also shouldn't ignore the public health impacts of unfettered 
fossil fuel development along our Gulf Coast. Study after study 
demonstrates a link between fossil fuel plants and adverse health 
outcomes. Louisiana's so-called Cancer Alley experiences low birth 
weights of three times the national average and preterm births at twice 
the national average.
  I want to commend the administration for pausing new LNG permitting 
to examine these potential impacts. Again, the LNG exports are 
increasing. They are at a high. The European Union is benefiting from 
them.
  Unfortunately, Ukraine is not benefiting at all because the House 
Republican leadership refuses to bring up legislation that would help 
Ukraine defend themselves.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, in World War II, we stopped the Germans in 
the Battle of the Bulge by running them out of fuel. We can influence 
the war in Ukraine by stopping the flow of money to Vladimir Putin 
through his sale of oil and gas by becoming an energy leader once 
again. America has the ability.
  Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. 
Carter), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of this 
denouncing of the harmful and anti-American energy policies of this 
administration.

  On day one of his Presidency, Joe Biden declared war on American 
energy, and he has not stopped since then. To no one's surprise, this 
resulted in record inflation, destroying the purchasing power of 
hardworking Americans.
  Just yesterday, the administration finalized a new rule to force more 
Americans to purchase electric vehicles, even if it isn't their best 
option. Our government should not be choosing winners and losers, 
especially when it impacts their livelihoods.
  Today, EVs are largely a luxury item for most Americans. Most 
Americans cannot afford one, and they also cannot afford a vehicle that 
may not serve them when they need it. Parts of my district are 
incredibly rural, and an EV is simply not practical for life there.
  Other recent attacks on American energy by this administration 
include its decision to pause LNG export approvals. What is being 
called a pause now will last indefinitely and is a de facto ban.
  This will cede our energy independence to countries like Iran and 
Russia and force manufacturing and businesses abroad. Sadly, the Biden 
administration is bowing to the far left's radical Green New Deal 
agenda by imposing a policy that will, in fact, not reduce emissions.
  News flash: China's carbon dioxide emissions increased last year by 
twice as much as U.S. emissions declined. If we are concerned about 
emissions, then the Iranian and Russian gas that will replace us in the 
market is much dirtier and will lead to more emissions. Again, blocking 
new LNG export projects won't reduce global emissions, but it would be 
a gift to America's adversaries and show Europe that the U.S. isn't a 
reliable ally.
  It is saddening to see this administration do everything it can to 
destroy our role as a global energy leader. These are things that 
should not happen. The world will no longer look to the U.S. as an 
energy leader, which inevitably will lead to a less stable world.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam Speaker, years of work have gone into 
becoming the global leader in increasing energy production. Reducing 
energy prices through technological innovation, leading the world in 
reduction of emissions, and providing energy stability and security, 
these are strengths we should be embracing, not reversing.
  The world will no longer look to the U.S. as an energy leader, which 
inevitably will lead to a less stable world.
  It is no secret that my friends on the left look to countries like 
Germany as a role model for energy, which is the worst role model you 
can possibly use.
  I must think the opposite. While German emissions have dropped 
significantly, it is largely due to manufacturing leaving the country. 
That means fewer opportunities and less economic prosperity. We cannot 
afford to follow that example.
  Madam Speaker, I support the bill, and I urge my colleagues to 
support it.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Weber).
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day in office, he has actively attacked our energy industry.
  Joe Biden's blatant political ploys to satisfy his radical climate 
activists have directly impacted my energy-heavy district, which houses 
approximately 50 percent of Texas' daily refining output. It is home to 
seven of America's largest petroleum refineries, which processes 2.6 
million barrels of oil every day. It is also home to three LNG 
facilities and 60 percent of the Nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  Our strategic reserve sites along the Gulf Coast are still 
dangerously low on oil, leaving America more vulnerable to a true 
energy supply disruption caused by a hurricane or natural disaster, not 
to mention our enemies.
  Port Arthur LNG, in my district, is now in limbo because this 
President recklessly decided to ban LNG exports.
  Do you know what that means for my district? This means that Texans 
will be without jobs and our community will suffer because these 
facilities typically invest heavily back into our community.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Madam Speaker, our way of life in southeast Texas 
depends on the certainty of energy. The President's every move and 
decision to kill our energy security has only resulted in leaving 
America more reliant on foreign adversaries.

  Madam Speaker, quite frankly, I am surprised the President has the 
energy to do this.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Idaho (Mr. Fulcher).
  Mr. FULCHER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman from South Carolina 
for his leadership and the gentleman from Washington for bringing the 
bill.
  Madam Speaker, earlier today, the gentleman from Louisiana said it 
pretty well. President Biden's assault on domestic energy production 
has been nothing short of catastrophic for Americans.
  Since he took office, we have witnessed staggering surges in energy 
costs: gasoline prices up 33 percent, home heating oil up 44 percent, 
electricity and natural gas up 29 percent.
  Meanwhile, the Biden administration continues to threaten our energy 
infrastructure by refusing to unleash domestic energy production, so we 
have to buy from our enemies. That is the point I wanted to underscore 
that has been made before. We have to buy from our enemies as a 
function of not proliferating our own domestic supply.
  From canceling the construction of the Keystone pipeline on his first 
day in office to revoking leases for oil, natural gas, and mining 
outfits across the West, and his most recent decision to ban U.S. 
exports of liquefied natural gas, the President has risked our national 
security, taken jobs from Americans, and caused energy prices to 
skyrocket, all in the name supposedly of climate change.
  Enough is enough. I am proud to cosponsor H. Res. 987 to put an end 
to the Biden administration's harmful anti-American energy policies. We 
have to stop this practice of supporting the people who hate us. We 
need to employ Americans and control our own destiny by proliferating 
American energy production.
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Mrs. Fletcher), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
  Mrs. FLETCHER. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H. Res. 
987. I don't have enough time in these 3 minutes to go through all of 
the inaccuracies and misleading statements in this nonbinding 
resolution or that I just heard on the floor this afternoon. In the 
time I do have, I am going to cover some of the omissions in the 
resolution.

                              {time}  1345

  My friends on both sides of the aisle know that I am proud to 
represent the great State of Texas and the city of Houston, the energy 
capital of the world. We know a thing or two about energy production.
  Here is what we know is happening right now under the Biden 
administration: One, the United States is producing today more crude 
oil than any other country at any other time in history; two, last 
December, 3 months ago, the United States' natural gas production 
reached an all-time high. 2023 also saw record growth in the solar 
industry. That is more than 50 percent more than in 2022. The same 
thing is true with wind energy which we produce a lot of in Texas.
  After the last Congress passed and President Biden signed the 
Inflation Reduction Act, forecasts for land-based wind energy installed 
by 2026 increased by nearly 60 percent. That is enough to power an 
additional 2 million homes.
  At CERAWeek in Houston this week, industry leaders are talking about 
other promising energy technologies: geothermal, hydrogen, and more. 
Moreover, they are talking about climate because we have to do both. We 
have to continue to lead the world in both production and ideas. That 
is American energy dominance.
  Policy disagreements are to be expected around here. We are here to 
bring our diverse perspectives and experiences and engage 
constructively to solve real problems and to address real concerns.
  However, resolutions like this do nothing. They do the opposite of 
facilitating dialogue and understanding, and they take up the time we 
could spend solving real problems. I am kind of a broken record on 
this, but I wish we were here right now doing permitting reform. That 
is what we should be spending our time doing.
  Let's engage constructively and build on the momentum and the 
important steps that have been taken in the Biden administration to 
ensure our energy independence, which have led us to produce the most 
crude oil ever, to lead the world in natural gas production, to lower 
gas prices, to grow wind and solar in record amounts, and to develop 
new technologies and address emissions and climate change.
  We can do all of those things and more if we do it together.
  Madam Speaker, today I am voting ``no,'' and I encourage all of my 
colleagues to do the same.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time, and I am 
prepared to close.
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Madam Speaker, this resolution claims that the Biden administration 
has hampered the domestic production of energy and made the United 
States more reliant on other countries for its energy needs.
  This could not be further from the truth. I want to be crystal clear 
to get this into the record: Under the Biden administration, the United 
States is producing more energy than it has at any other point in its 
history.
  In fact, throughout the entirety of President Biden's term in office, 
the U.S. has produced more energy than it has consumed. He is the only 
President to have achieved that in my lifetime.
  Last year, the United States added a record 33 gigawatts of solar 
capacity, fueled by the Inflation Reduction Act, which is lowering 
costs for Americans every day. We should be thanking President Biden 
for unleashing American energy.
  Republicans can say whatever they want, but the facts don't lie. 
President Biden's energy policies are strengthening energy security and 
positioning us to compete globally all while reducing emissions. 
Please, I urge everyone to vote against the resolution.
  Let me just say, this resolution is really flat out absurd in its 
attempt by extreme Republicans to mislead the American public.
  The data shows that we are producing more energy. It is not just oil 
and gas. It is solar, it is more wind turbines, and it is exporting 
more gas and liquid fuels than ever before. Meanwhile, the 
administration is making significant progress in its effort to drive 
down planet warming air pollution.
  Last year, U.S. emissions fell, as I said, by 2 percent even as the 
economy roared and GDP grew by 2.34 percent. These numbers are a clear 
indication that we can achieve a safer climate while bolstering energy 
security and job growth at the same time.
  In the face of this climate crisis, the U.S. must continue to be a 
global leader in the clean energy transition and help our communities 
prevent further extreme weather and other climate impacts.

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  What we are seeing before us today with this resolution is the 
Republicans' polluters over people agenda. That is the reality. It is a 
policy that is outlined in this resolution that risks derailing the 
immense progress that President Biden has made since taking office.
  In conclusion, Madam Speaker, I can't emphasize enough that what we 
are seeing with this President and this administration is an effort to 
increase energy production across the board and at the same time become 
a global leader on addressing the climate crisis.
  Let us continue with that. Let us build on that. Don't take us back. 
That is what this resolution would do. It would take us back.
  Madam Speaker, I encourage everyone to vote against this resolution, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Madam Speaker, my friend and colleague from South Carolina, Trey 
Gowdy, when he served in Congress said this: There is a stubborn thing 
about facts. It is that they are facts.
  This resolution is facts.
  Things the Biden administration has done to hurt American 
independence are costing Americans more of their hard-earned dollars to 
pay their basic utility bills and transportation fuels to go to work, 
take their kids to school, to ball games, or to go to their houses of 
worship.
  It is costing them more today to fill their tanks than before the 
Biden administration took office. In fact, as we pointed out, on day 
one, the Joe Biden administration started a war on American energy by 
stopping the Keystone pipeline. He has had fewer lease sales in the 
Gulf of Mexico than any other President in decades. He had three. 
President Obama had 20 lease sales.
  As the majority leader said, instead of President Biden getting on 
Air Force One after the invasion of Ukraine when energy prices were 
going up and we were approaching a congressional election cycle, 
President Biden, instead of getting on Air Force One and going to the 
OPEC cartel in Saudi Arabia and begging them to produce more fossil 
fuels--they claim to hate fossil fuels--but we are going to beg OPEC to 
produce more so that we can consume more.
  Instead of going to Saudi Arabia in the Middle East, President Biden 
should have got on his plane and gone to North Dakota, or gone to 
Pennsylvania to the Marcellus shale, or gone to Louisiana, or gone to 
the Permian Basin in Texas and begged American producers to produce 
more so that Americans could use American-produced resources.
  That is a winning strategy for America: to be energy independent.
  I am glad the Democrats on the other side of the aisle are talking 
about energy production being up right now; it is, but it has nothing 
to do with the Biden administration policies. There is not a single 
policy or regulation that the Biden administration has put forward that 
has done anything to help American producers produce more and increase 
that production.
  All that production is the result of the Trump administration and 
past administrations that have leased more property and produced more 
resources. It takes years to produce a well. It takes years to go out 
and find the resources, develop that well, and get that oil and gas 
online.
  That didn't happen overnight, and it didn't happen in the last 3 or 4 
years. It has happened because of policies in the past.
  I thank my friend for praising President Trump's ability to unleash 
American energy potential. That is a winning solution. Americans know 
it. They know what they were paying at the pump before the Biden 
administration, and they know what they are paying now. This bill 
points it out. These are the facts, and the facts are undisputed.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H. Res. 987, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 1085, the previous question is ordered 
on the resolution and the preamble.
  The question is on adoption of the resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-
minute vote on adoption of H. Res. 987 will be followed by 5-minute 
votes on:
  Adoption of H. Con. Res. 86; and
  The motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1836.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, 
nays 200, not voting 15, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 96]

                               YEAS--217

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hunt
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Maloy
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                               NAYS--200

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amo
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gottheimer
     Hayes
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McClellan
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Salinas

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     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Suozzi
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)

                             NOT VOTING--15

     Frankel, Lois
     Golden (ME)
     Gosar
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Kildee
     Molinaro
     Nehls
     Norcross
     Pressley
     Rose
     Simpson
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (FL)

                              {time}  1422

  Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. VARGAS, Mses. SEWELL, WEXTON, and Mr. FROST changed 
their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the resolution was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated against:
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, had I been present, I would have 
voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 96.

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