[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S2906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                 Energy

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I have just come to the floor and 
listened to the minority leader talk about energy. Energy. Do you know 
why he is in the minority and we are in the majority? It is because of 
energy, because Joe Biden, former President, told the EPA, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, to prioritize the climate over energy 
that is affordable, available, and reliable. They tried to shove 
electric vehicles down the throats of every man, woman, and child in 
America. That is why they are in the minority and we are in the 
majority. People want affordable energy.
  I am here today on the floor, and in the Gallery are many people from 
the State of Wyoming, our law enforcement officers who are here as part 
of Police Week ceremonies. They know about affordable energy. They know 
that this week in Wyoming, graduation week at home, gas at the pump is 
50 cents a gallon cheaper than it was a year ago. So if they have to 
drive the distances around the State of Wyoming to see kids or 
grandkids for graduations, it is $10 a tank less to fill up now than it 
was a year ago when Joe Biden was in the White House and the Democrats 
were in charge.
  Wyoming is America's energy breadbasket. We are a powerhouse of 
energy. And the Presiding Officer's home State of Oklahoma knows a lot 
about energy as well. We know what the American people want, and it is 
not what Chuck Schumer is trying to sell here on the floor of the U.S. 
Senate or across the country.
  So when I come to the floor to talk about Police Week and hear the 
minority leader talking about energy, I just can't help but think about 
how much better we are now with this effort to unleash American energy 
than we were the last 4 years when they wanted to keep American energy 
in the ground and made it so hard for the hard-working men and women 
who produce that energy to do their jobs in ways that respect the 
environment, ways that protect the environment. That is what the 
American people want. That is what they voted for.
  And to hear the minority leader come to the floor, when, when Biden 
left office, energy prices were 30 percent higher than they were the 
day he came into office--the American people said: We can't afford 
this. We need a big change.
  They got that change on election day, and I am proud to be part of 
those who are being able to restore American energy dominance.
  I know the men and women who listen from around the country and 
certainly our officers who are here today know how important affordable 
energy is to our home State of Wyoming.