[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 197 (Friday, November 21, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H4892]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               RENEWABLE ENERGY MEANS LOWER ENERGY COSTS

  (Mr. LATIMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LATIMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my disappointment. 
Last night, the House voted to task the oil and gas industry to report 
on the state of fossil fuel refining in the United States.
  They would like to see how the United States Government can do more 
for their industry--drill, baby, drill--the claim being that our 
government needs this report to increase fossil fuel production with an 
implied promise, but no guarantee, of lower energy prices.
  That would be like asking for a 1905 report from the Federation of 
Blacksmiths on how to better change the horseshoes on a horse instead 
of focusing on the rising future of transportation: the automobile.
  So I wonder: When will Congress use its time to call for a report on 
the state of the future for renewable energy?
  When will we be asking clean energy producers how the government can 
make it easier to bring renewables online and reduce greenhouse gases?
  We know renewable energy can lower energy costs.
  I will be waiting for Godot if I expect this majority to take that 
up. We can look to the future, or we can continue to reject the future 
and pander to the past.

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