[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 171 (Tuesday, November 19, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H6084]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONGRATULATING ENERGY SECRETARY CHRIS WRIGHT

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, American families have 
suffered under disastrous Biden-Harris energy policies, including 
regulatory attacks, destroying jobs, and increasing prices. Biden-
Harris halted sales for liquefied natural gas, financing war criminal 
Putin, and the murderous Iranian regime, hurting allies purchasing 
American energy.
  Since Biden, Americans have lost over $4,400 in higher energy costs. 
Gas prices reached a historic high of over $5 a gallon and reduced the 
American strategic stockpile to a 40-year low. House Republicans 
support energy independence this week with the Committing Leases for 
Energy Access Now Act to increase geothermal leases.
  President Donald Trump has nominated Chris Wright as Secretary of 
Energy, and as a former Reagan Energy Department alumnus myself 
representing the Savannah River Site, I know his background will lead 
to the development of small modular nuclear reactors.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism 
continues. Open borders for dictators puts all Americans at risk of 
more 9/11 attacks imminent, as warned by the FBI. Trump will reinstate 
existing laws to protect American families with peace through strength.

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