    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)]
    [Senate]
    [Page S1363]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                                  S.J. RES. 10

      Mr. REED. Mr. President, initially, I want to make a very brief
    comment on the legislation my colleagues Senator Heinrich and Senator
    Kaine are advancing and which will be voted on later this afternoon. I
    am proud to be a cosponsor of this resolution, which would overturn
    President Trump's really sham energy emergency.
      At a time when the United States is already producing record amounts
    of oil and gas, the President wants to bypass laws and explore eminent
    domain to fast-track fossil fuel projects--not alternate energy
    projects, fossil fuel projects--and really not to lower prices or
    create jobs but to benefit his Big Oil donors, whom President Trump
    reportedly asked to donate $1 billion to his campaign. It sounds
    awfully like quid pro quo, which in the past was frowned upon by
    Presidents.
      The truth is, the President's Executive orders on energy, including
    his unlawful pause on investments from the Inflation Reduction Act,
    threaten to raise prices, kill good-paying American jobs, and cede
    economic opportunities to China.
      This is true in my home State of Rhode Island, where offshore wind
    companies worked hand in hand with the local communities, labor
    leaders, and local officials to invest in good-paying jobs for Rhode
    Island. The President's actions threaten that process.
      So I look forward to voting in favor of this resolution when it comes
    up later today.

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