[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1363]
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                              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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