Congressional Record, House, June 16, 2022: Page H5632

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Page H5632 of the House section of the Congressional Record for June 16, 2022, mostly a roll call listing for a vote on passage with a tally of nays at 204. Interleaved remarks recall that on June 19, 1865, news of the end of slavery finally reached Galveston, Texas, in discussing the Juneteenth federal holiday. Another speaker discusses energy policy, saying that to develop oil you need to drill, do seismic work and build pipelines and infrastructure to move it.

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H5632 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 16, 2022
Price (NC) Swalwell Wagner Suozzi Torres (NY) Waters Boyle, Brendan Johnson (TX) Peters (Jeffries)
(Manning) (Correa) (McHenry) Swalwell Trahan Watson Coleman F. (Neguse) (Jeffries) Pingree
Rice (SC) Taylor (Van Walorski Takano Trone Wexton Brooks (Weber Kahele (Mrvan) (Wasserman
(Meijer) Duyne) (Bucshon) Thompson (CA) Underwood Wild (TX)) Katko (Moore Schultz)
Sires (Pallone) Tenney Waters (Takano) Thompson (MS) Vargas Williams (GA) Brownley (UT)) Porter (Neguse)
Stanton (Jackson) Watson Coleman Titus Veasey Wilson (FL) (Kuster) Kelly (IL) Price (NC)
(Huffman) Titus (Pallone) (Pallone) Tlaib Velázquez Yarmuth Bustos (Mrvan) (Neguse) (Manning)
Suozzi (Beyer) Trahan (Stevens) Welch (Pallone) Tonko Wasserman Cárdenas Krishnamoorthi Rice (SC)
Torres (CA) Schultz (Correa) (Neguse)
(Meijer)
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Carter (TX) Lamb (Neguse)
Sires (Pallone)
NAYS—204 (Weber (TX)) LaMalfa
MRVAN). The question is on the passage Stanton
Aderholt Gimenez Moolenaar Costa (Correa) (Valadao)
of the bill. Allen Gohmert Crist Lawrence (Huffman)
Mooney
The question was taken; and the (Wasserman (Stevens) Suozzi (Beyer)
Amodei Gonzales, Tony Moore (AL)
Swalwell
Speaker pro tempore announced that Arrington Gonzalez (OH) Moore (UT) Schultz) Lawson (FL)
Babin Gonzalez, Davids (KS) (Wasserman (Correa)
the ayes appeared to have it. Moulton
Baird Vicente Mullin (Neguse) Schultz) Taylor (Van
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Balderson Good (VA) Murphy (NC) Davis, Danny K. Lieu (Beyer) Duyne)
Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas Banks Gooden (TX) Nehls (Beyer) Long Tenney
and nays. Barr Gosar Newhouse Doggett (Beyer) (Fleischmann) (Jackson)
Bentz Granger Norman Evans (Beyer) Loudermilk Titus (Pallone)
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bergman Graves (LA) Garcı́a (IL) (Fleischmann) Trahan (Stevens)
Obernolte
ant to section 3(s) of House Resolution Bice (OK) Graves (MO) Owens (Takano) Mace (Carter Wagner
8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Biggs Green (TN) Palazzo Gohmert (Weber (GA)) (McHenry)
Bilirakis Greene (GA) (TX)) McEachin Walorski
This will be a 5-minute vote. Palmer
Gomez (Huffman) (Beyer)
Bishop (NC) Griffith Pence (Bucshon)
The vote was taken by electronic de- Boebert Grothman Gonzalez (OH) Moore (WI)
Perry Waters (Takano)
vice, and there were—yeas 221, nays Bost Guest Pfluger (Meijer) (Beyer)
Watson Coleman
204, not voting 4, as follows: Brady Guthrie Guest Newman (Beyer)
Posey (Pallone)
Brooks Harris (Fleischmann) Palazzo
[Roll No. 277] Reschenthaler Welch (Pallone)
Buchanan Harshbarger Johnson (GA) (Fleischmann)
Rice (SC)
YEAS—221 Buck Hern (Manning) Payne (Pallone)
Rodgers (WA)
Bucshon Herrell
Adams Feenstra McCollum Rogers (AL) f
Budd Herrera Beutler Rogers (KY)
Aguilar Fletcher McEachin Burchett Hice (GA) Rose REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER
Allred Foster McGovern Burgess Higgins (LA) Rosendale
Auchincloss Frankel, Lois McNerney Calvert Hill AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 5828
Axne Gallego Meeks Rouzer
Cammack Hollingsworth Roy Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I hereby re-
Bacon Garamendi Meng Carey Hudson
Barragán Garcı́a (IL) Mfume Carl Huizenga
Rutherford move my name as cosponsor of H.R.
Bass Garcia (TX) Miller-Meeks Salazar
Carter (GA) Issa
Scalise
5828.
Beatty Golden Moore (WI)
Bera Gomez Morelle
Carter (TX) Jackson
Schweikert The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.
Cawthorn Jacobs (NY)
Beyer Gottheimer Mrvan Chabot Johnson (LA)
Scott, Austin MRVAN). The gentleman’s request is ac-
Bishop (GA) Green, Al (TX) Murphy (FL) Sessions cepted.
Cheney Johnson (OH)
Blumenauer Grijalva Nadler Simpson
Cline Jordan f
Blunt Rochester Harder (CA) Napolitano Smith (MO)
Cloud Joyce (OH)
Bonamici Hartzler Neal Smith (NE)
Clyde Joyce (PA) REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER
Bourdeaux Hayes Neguse Smith (NJ)
Cole Katko
Bowman Higgins (NY) Newman Comer Keller
Smucker AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 1735
Boyle, Brendan Himes Norcross Spartz
Conway Kelly (MS) Mr. BANKS. Mr. Speaker, I hereby
F. Hinson O’Halleran Stauber
Crawford Kelly (PA)
Brown (MD) Horsford Ocasio-Cortez Crenshaw Kim (CA) Steel remove my name as cosponsor of H.R.
Brown (OH) Houlahan Omar Stefanik 1735.
Cuellar Kustoff
Brownley Hoyer Pallone Steil
Bush Huffman Panetta
Curtis LaHood
Steube
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen-
Davidson LaMalfa tleman’s request is accepted.
Bustos Jackson Lee Pappas Stewart
Davis, Rodney Lamborn
Butterfield Jacobs (CA) Pascrell Taylor f
DeFazio Latta
Carbajal Jayapal Payne Tenney
DesJarlais LaTurner
Cárdenas Jeffries Pelosi Diaz-Balart Lesko Thompson (PA) b 1200
Carson Johnson (GA) Perlmutter Tiffany
Donalds Letlow
Carter (LA) Johnson (SD) Peters Duncan Long Timmons REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER
Cartwright Johnson (TX) Phillips Turner
Case Jones Pingree
Dunn Loudermilk AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 2374
Ellzey Lucas Upton
Castor (FL) Kahele Pocan Emmer Luetkemeyer Valadao Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I
Castro (TX) Kaptur Porter Van Drew
Cherfilus- Keating Pressley
Estes Mace ask unanimous consent to remove the
Fallon Malliotakis Van Duyne
McCormick Kelly (IL) Price (NC) Wagner
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. FOSTER)
Ferguson Mann
Chu Khanna Quigley Fischbach Massie Walberg as cosponsor of H.R. 2374, the Peace and
Cicilline Kildee Raskin Walorski Tolerance in Palestinian Education
Fitzgerald Mast
Clark (MA) Kilmer Rice (NY) Waltz
Clarke (NY) Kim (NJ) Ross
Fitzpatrick McCarthy Act.
Fleischmann McCaul Weber (TX)
Cleaver Kind Roybal-Allard Foxx McClain Webster (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs.
Clyburn Kinzinger Ruiz Franklin, C. McClintock Welch CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK). Is there objec-
Cohen Kirkpatrick Ruppersberger
Connolly Krishnamoorthi Rush
Scott McHenry Wenstrup tion to the request of the gentleman
Fulcher McKinley Westerman from California?
Cooper Kuster Ryan Williams (TX)
Gaetz Meijer
Correa Lamb Sánchez Gallagher Meuser Wilson (SC) There was no objection.
Costa Langevin Sarbanes
Courtney Larsen (WA) Scanlon
Garbarino Miller (IL) Wittman f
Gibbs Miller (WV) Womack
Craig Larson (CT) Schakowsky
Crist Lawrence Schiff
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
NOT VOTING—4
Crow Lawson (FL) Schneider (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given
Armstrong Garcia (CA)
Davids (KS) Lee (CA) Schrader
Davis, Danny K. Lee (NV) Schrier
Casten Zeldin permission to address the House for 1
Dean Leger Fernandez Scott (VA) minute and to revise and extend his re-
DeGette Levin (CA) Scott, David b 1156 marks.)
DeLauro Levin (MI) Sewell Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I am
DelBene Lieu Sherman So the bill was passed.
Demings Lofgren Sherrill The result of the vote was announced happy to yield to the gentleman from
DeSaulnier Lowenthal Sires as above recorded. Maryland (Mr. HOYER), my friend and
Deutch Luria Slotkin the House majority leader.
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Dingell Lynch Smith (WA)
Doggett Malinowski Soto the table. Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, before
Doyle, Michael Maloney, Spanberger I start on the colloquy and go through
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE
F. Carolyn B. Speier
RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS
the schedule, I was just talking to the
Escobar Maloney, Sean Stansbury Republican whip, my friend, Mr. SCA-
Eshoo Manning Stanton Amodei Bergman Blunt Rochester
Espaillat Matsui Stevens (Balderson) (Stauber) (Brown (MD)) LISE. We were talking about a friend of
Evans McBath Strickland Bonamici (Beyer) ours, his name is John Bresnahan; he is

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a reporter. He has covered Capitol Hill celebrating as we pay tribute to free- This agency will oversee the next
since 1994, I believe, is the note I had. dom to all men and women being cre- steps in the Cancer Moonshot program
He is an excellent reporter. ated equal in the image of God. We cel- and help meet the President’s goal of
He reports the facts. He reports the ebrate the history of the African-Amer- cutting the cancer death rate by at
truth. As I know Mr. SCALISE agrees, ican perseverance and triumph over in- least 50 percent over the next 25 years,
reporters who do that not only serve justice and adversity. and hopefully sooner.
us, but more importantly, their major I say triumph—it has been a tri- Madam Speaker, as we celebrate
purpose is to serve the American peo- umph—but there are battles yet to be Pride Month, the House will consider
ple because we know that a free press won. Juneteenth not only looks back H.R. 4176, the LGBTQ Data Inclusion
telling the facts and the truth to the but it looks forward to winning those Act.
American people give them the oppor- battles. Madam Speaker, I anticipate that
tunity to make solid decisions for our Madam Speaker, I see Mr. GREEN on the House will vote on a compromised,
democracy. the floor, who has a resolution on the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath
I wish John Bresnahan a happy 60th recognition of the blight of slavery. I Robinson Honoring Our PACT Act,
birthday, and hope that he has many, thank him for that resolution and look after the Senate takes action on the
many more. I have had 23 more than forward to having that considered. version agreed upon in May. As the
that, so I appreciate the fact that he is On Monday, we will be celebrating whip knows, that Act was a bipartisan
still going strong. that holiday, but we will be celebrating act that dealt with those who were ex-
Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I it as we do Martin Luther King’s birth- posed to burn pits and other toxic sub-
thank the gentleman for the confession day, as we ought to be in celebrating stances of which they did not know
about how many 60th birthdays he has Washington and Lincoln’s birthday, while they were serving on bases, both
shared. Here is to many more for you, and committing ourselves to the real- here and around the world.
but also for Bres. ization of the principles for which they This bill, we believe the Senate will
As the gentleman points out, a fair stood. take action on, a version agreed upon
and free press is vital to democracy. It Madam Speaker, the House will con- in May, which preserves much of the
is the First Amendment to our Con- sider bills under suspension of the House-passed legislation to care for
stitution: freedom of speech and free- rules. The complete list of those sus- veterans exposed to burn pits and other
dom of the press. While they might not pension bills will be announced at the toxic chemicals during their service.
report our press releases verbatim all close of business tomorrow. In addition, the House will consider
the time—as we might like them to— Next week, Madam Speaker, the other bills under suspension of the
they serve a vital purpose. Bres is one House will consider H.R. 7666, which is rules, the complete list of suspension
of those that we see in the halls, like titled Restoring Hope for Mental bills will be announced by the close of
the press that is around here making Health and Well-Being Act, a bipar- business tomorrow. Additional legisla-
sure that the country knows what is tisan package of bills led by Chairman tive items are possible.
happening here in the greatest democ- PALLONE and Ranking Member McMor-
b 1215
racy of the history of the world. ris Rodgers, to address the mental
As a 60th birthday gift to him, I health and opioid abuse crisis. Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I
promise not to sing ‘‘Happy Birthday’’ The legislation expands access to thank the gentleman for that update.
to him. I wish Bres a happy birthday, treatment for opioid use disorders, pro- As we celebrate Juneteenth next week,
and I yield to the gentleman from motes behavioral health integration, also right here in this House Chamber
Maryland. and reauthorizes critical programs to over 150 years ago is where the 13th
Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I want support mental health and substance Amendment to the Constitution was
to tell Mr. Bresnahan that he made the use disorder, prevention, treatment, debated and passed. So history is made
same promise to me, which is why we and recovery, including in our children. here on a regular basis. And then we
did this. If he was going to sing it, I Madam Speaker, the House will also celebrate the freedoms that result and
was a little reluctant to do this, and he consider legislation under suspension continue as our Founders talked about
didn’t. I join the whip in wishing John from Chairman BOBBY SCOTT and mem- to aspire towards a more perfect Na-
Bresnahan, a friend, a very careful and bers of the Education and Labor Com- tion so we will do that next week.
honest reporter, the very best 60th mittee to address the mental health, I do want to thank the gentleman be-
birthday and many more to come. addiction, and suicide on college cam- cause last week during this colloquy I
Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, the puses, which is far, far too prevalent. know I asked my friend if we could
House will meet at 12 p.m. for morning Our young people have faced stresses bring the Supreme Court protection
hour and 2 p.m. for legislative business, by the pandemic, stresses within our bill, the bill to make sure that Su-
with votes postponed until 6:30 p.m. Nation, the divisions on which prey on preme Court Justices and their fami-
On Wednesday and Thursday, the their minds, so this is a very important lies get proper protection, as we were
House will meet at 10 a.m. for morning piece of legislation. I hope it will be— watching and saw a man arrested for
hour and 12 p.m. for legislative busi- and I believe it is going to be—bipar- trying to murder a Supreme Court Jus-
ness. tisan. tice. Leader MCCARTHY, I know, urged
Madam Speaker, on Friday, the The House will also take up H.R. 6411, that as well. So I appreciate that we
House will meet at 9 a.m. for legisla- the Veterans Affairs’ Committee Chair- got to bring that bill up, debate it, and
tive business. man MARK TAKANO’s STRONG Vet- quickly pass it to President Biden’s
On Monday, we will be celebrating erans Act, again, bipartisan legislation desk where we can get that in place.
Juneteenth as a Federal holiday for the to combat veterans’ suicide and ad- I would hope that the Attorney Gen-
second time in American history. dress mental health, and help our Na- eral, Merrick Garland, would start en-
Juneteenth is the day on which the last tion meet its commitment to those forcing 18 U.S. Code 1507 to give protec-
slaves who were in Texas learned of who risk their lives and safety for our tion properly as Federal laws dictate,
their new status as free Americans, an country. but it is not being enforced at the
extraordinary day in the history of our Additionally, Madam Speaker, the homes of those Justices. But, again, I
country, eliminating one of the great House will consider H.R. 5585, Rep- appreciate that we got a very over-
blights on the history of America. As resentatives Eshoo’s ARPA-H Act. This whelming bipartisan vote on that bill
de Tocqueville pointed out, we tried to legislation would establish the Ad- this week.
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wrongs, and we are still working on Health, an independent agency tasked add before we talk about the schedule
that. with accelerating biomedical innova- for next week?
Last year, the Congress took the his- tion and making transformative break- Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-
toric step of enacting legislation to throughs in the fight against the most tleman.
recognize Juneteenth as a Federal holi- challenging diseases confronting our Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I
day, at long last. I look forward to people. thank the gentleman for yielding.

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I would simply observe, as I observed Arabia to beg them to do something because of those regulations and rules
the other day, that we all want to that we can do right here in America? the production of our energy is, in fact,
make sure that our Justices are safe. In fact, he could go less than 1,000 as the gentleman asserts, more effi-
Let me say, Madam Speaker, there is miles to Port Fourchon, Louisiana, in cient and more environmentally con-
a very important reason for that. We my district where they can produce siderate.
want to keep all our people safe. But hundreds of thousands of barrels a day The oil companies—acting from what
nine Justices of our Supreme Court in America which, by the way, because they thought was good business prac-
represent that we are a nation of laws. America has the best standards in the tice, demand was down, but prices were
They are one of the three branches of world, would emit less carbon than the going up—were making profits. They
our government. Just as I was extraor- oil produced in Saudi Arabia. bought back stock, which, of course,
dinarily and remain extraordinarily While the President will be flying increased the value of the stock that
concerned about the attack on this in- over to Saudi Arabia, he won’t know remained. They increased dividends,
stitution, the Congress of the United the answer he is going to get. They are which, of course, encouraged people to
States, as we were preparing to elect a an OPEC nation. They typically sup- invest in them. It made people happy
President of the United States, an at- port a limited supply of oil because about their investments.
tack on the Supreme Court and the they want a higher price. So he doesn’t But they didn’t increase production.
lives of the Supreme Court Justices are know what the answer is going to be. They didn’t have to increase produc-
an attack on our democracy, on a sepa- He is going to fly 5,700 miles over and tion. They were making good profits
rate branch of government that is another 5,700 miles back to the United and making, from their standpoint,
charged with continuing to make us a States. There are no solar panels on good business decisions.
nation of laws. Air Force One, so that is going to be a As I indicated in the last colloquy
So, very frankly, the Supreme Court lot of jet fuel and a lot of carbon emis- that we dealt with this problem, there
Justices, under existing law, were pro- sions to do something that he could were millions of leases put on the mar-
tected. There were security people pick up the phone and call Port ket by this administration, as I recall,
there. Luckily, there were security Fourchon. We would love to see him some 80 million acres. Approximately 2
people there. But the gentleman is ab- down there, but he can call them. I can percent of the leases were bid on, and
solutely right. We want to make sure tell you, Madam Speaker, the answer then the Court said that this was not a
whether we agree or disagree with the would be ‘‘yes.’’ legal process.
individuals, whether we agree or dis- They would say: Yes, we will produce But it is interesting how small was
agree with the opinions or the judge- more energy here in America. the interest in additional production at
ments that Congress makes, we are a But they are not allowed to right that time irrespective of what hap-
nation of laws, and the way to resolve now because of limitations put in place pened subsequently.
our differences is not through violence by the Biden administration. So while The gentleman mentions a bill, as he
but through the democratic process. we push to get this bill, H.R. 6858, has done in the past, H.R. 6858, the
I thank the gentleman for his obser-
brought forward, it really begs the American Energy Independence from
vation.
question of first: What is the carbon Russia Act.
Mr. SCALISE. I share those com-
footprint of President Biden’s trip to But before I say that, let me say, I
ments by the gentleman from Mary-
Saudi Arabia? hope the President is going to Saudi
land.
As we look towards next week—we But why even do this trip? Why go to Arabia to talk privately, not publicly
have had this conversation a number of Saudi Arabia and ask them to produce trying to embarrass or harangue, and
times—one of the items I don’t see on oil when we have it right here? certainly not to beg. The United States
the agenda is an item to address the It is President Biden’s policies that of America doesn’t need to beg any na-
problem of high gas prices, and, of are stopping that oil from being pro- tion in the world, and this President is
course, we have now crossed an average duced, and, by the way, at a much not begging anybody.
of more than $5 a gallon. It is a major lower carbon footprint than anything This President should say, however,
burden for families, especially lower- that Saudi Arabia, Russia, Venezuela, Madam Speaker: Saudis, stop control-
income families who are being forced or any of those countries would ling the supply unreasonably and driv-
more and more to make those tough produce if it were their countries meet- ing the prices up of your product.
decisions of can they even afford to ing the demands of our Nation and so Yes, they are making more money,
drive to work, and can they even afford many others. and they have a cartel. That is called a
to drive to see their doctor or to drive Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- monopoly. That cartel has made sure
to the grocery store where they are tleman, hopefully, to see if we can get that the lack of supply drove up the
paying maybe 20 percent more for some the bill scheduled for next week. international market price. And then
of the food items. Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I Russia went to war.
We have had a bill for over a month thank the gentleman for yielding. Now, Russia going to war has af-
now, H.R. 6858, that would address We continue to talk about this as if fected to some degree the supply of oil,
these problems and allow us to actu- this were the President’s fault. First of but, very frankly, buying Russian oil
ally have more control over our own all, in a much wider range, this is a re- supports their criminal war effort,
energy production in America, to be sult of the pandemic. their vicious and murderous war effort.
able to drill in America for energy to Why is it the result of the pandemic? We are all against that. So we agreed
lower the cost of gasoline, by con- Not solely the pandemic but let me that we would not take any oil, and we
fronting so many of the problems that take the pandemic first. Everybody urged our European allies not to rely
this Biden administration has imposed stayed home—this body and businesses on it either.
that are making it hard for us to across America. Now, what did that create?
produce more energy in America to the What did that mean that they stayed It created a lack of confidence in the
point where you now have President home? stability of the market.
Biden announcing that he is going to They stopped buying gas. What happens when you have lack of
go to Saudi Arabia to beg them to What did the oil companies do? confidence in the stability of a mar-
produce more oil. They shut down some of their pro- ket?
As we try to confront this chal- duction, a very substantial reduction Prices go up because it is a bet on
lenge—and again, H.R. 6858 would allow in production. But then as the prices what is going to happen with the price
us to do that—if you look at President went up, they were making as much of that product in the future that the

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Biden’s proposed trip to Saudi Arabia, money or much more money. So in market really reflects.
the President likes talking a lot about making much more money, they didn’t Now, the reason I say it that way is
carbon footprints, carbon emissions, increase production, as the gentleman because these are not Biden prices.
and global warming. says will be an answer to the question, Even if tomorrow we snapped a finger
Why would the President get on Air in a country that does, in fact, have and said: ‘‘Okay, go ahead,’’ nothing
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happen next week, and nothing would bill. The LNG process is working. As I Obama administration, for the ap-
happen next month. It would take a told him, I have an LNG export plant proval of that pipeline. So, I am pre-
substantial period of time because the in my district, which has changed from pared to work with the gentleman to
oil companies, based upon the lack of substantial exports to the Pacific re- see what we can do.
demand, shut down, nor did they pur- gion, and now, 80 percent is going to But we have done today’s bill. It may
sue further production. Europe to try to bridge that gap as the not be perfect. It may not work. But it
Now, let me say something about the Europeans retreat from being depend- is certainly worth a try, to try to bring
price of oil. The national price of oil ent upon Russian oil. these awful prices down at the pump
now does not reflect the increase as I tell my friend, with all due re- because I know all of our constituents,
part of the market response to what is spect—and I am not going to plead whether they live in Louisiana or
called the West Texas Intermediary, with him, but I am going to suggest to Maryland, are struggling because they
which I am sure the gentleman from him—we are going to Saudi Arabia, I have to use their cars. They have to
Louisiana, an oil-producing State, hope, to tell them in private: Look, use that gasoline. They don’t have an
knows much more about than I do. this is not a game you want to be play- alternative. And they don’t have an al-
But let me say this: In 2008, that ing. You are making our consumers ternative to buying food.
benchmark for crude oil peaked at pay far more. Both of those are tough, and we need
$147.02 in July of 2008. Adjusted for in- We have acted. We acted, and we to act together to try to see if we can
flation, that is $199.57 today. passed, some time ago, a bill that said solve that problem in the context of an
In that time, 2008, the average U.S. you cannot have gas prices that are set extraordinary pandemic, a historic
gasoline peaked at $4.14 per gallon. Ad- at unreasonable levels, which we know pandemic that shut down the world,
justed for inflation, that would be $5.62 as gouging. It is like you have a flood and we are just trying to get back.
today. in your city and 80 percent of the gro- We are trying to get supply chains
So, in other words, in 2008, otherwise cery stores are wiped out, and the gro- going, including gasoline pipelines,
known as the last year of the Bush ad- cery stores that remain triple their which is why the President is going to
ministration, gasoline prices were prices. That is called gouging. We Saudi Arabia, not to beg, but to assert
higher than they are today notwith- passed that bill. the economic fact of the ramifications
standing the fact that the world price We also passed a bill today which, of the cartels stifling supply.
was $31 less. unfortunately, most Republicans voted Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, if
Excuse me, yesterday, June 15, that against—‘‘most,’’ I say, not all—which there is common ground we can find on
West Texas Intermediary oil—the will, again, seek to bring the price the components of H.R. 6858, I would be
benchmark for crude oil prices—was down at the pump. How? By utilizing happy to help facilitate that negotia-
$116 a barrel, $31 less, without account- American products to supplement and tion because there are a number of
ing for inflation, which would make it expand the supply of gas and, we be- very specific items in that bill that ad-
greater than it was in 2008. That wasn’t lieve, bring the price of a gallon down dress the shortfalls, the deficiencies,
George Bush’s fault. It was the inter- some 40 cents—that is what the experts the inabilities to produce energy in
national market’s fault and also this say—if we continue to use a mix of America. The Keystone pipeline might
cartel that controls a large part of the fuel. be one of the more well known.
supply of the oil in our country. But let me say in closing, on these President Biden, on his first day in
Now, my point—I still have to deal remarks, which I know have been rel- office, canceled the Keystone pipeline.
with H.R. 6858. One of its tenets is to atively lengthy, we are in this to- Of course, it is not moving forward
approve the Keystone pipeline. The gether, Republicans and Democrats. because he canceled it. It would pro-
problem with that is, for whatever rea- FOX News criticized me for saying vide a vital supply of oil from our
son—and I understand my friend will we are at war. We just sent a billion friends in Canada that we wouldn’t
have a response, Madam Speaker, as to dollars for a war we are not in because need from other people.
well, because you disapproved it, mean- we believe in freedom. We believe in But there are a number of other pipe-
ing the Obama administration. They international law. line issues. No new pipelines have been
want to open the Keystone pipeline. We believe that we have a dictator, a approved in the country. You have to
The problem is the company that had dangerous dictator, who is committing have an ability to move energy around
the Keystone pipeline has abandoned war crimes through his men and the country if we are going to be able
it. Even if it were approved, they would women in eastern Ukraine in par- to produce our own.
have to get back in business and we ticular and did it in western Ukraine as If a conscious decision was made in
would be well over a year—well over a they came into Kyiv. the White House that they don’t want
year. We are in this together, one Nation, any pipelines, because that impedes the
Now, I happen to have agreed that we one America, on behalf of freedom. We ability to produce energy in America,
should have approved that pipeline. I have taken tough action. As part of it just means we have to import more
have said that publicly. I said that to that, we are paying the price at the of it from other countries. Whether it
the press. That didn’t happen. But it pump because of that invasion. is Saudi Arabia, Russia, any of them
would not solve the problem. And par- The pandemic shut down production that I would not want us to have to get
ticularly, when you look at the figures and shut down the purchase of gasoline it from, it is going to come in some
that I just gave with respect to the by people because they didn’t go to form. It might be a tanker. It is going
world market price, we are paying a lot work. They didn’t need to get in their to get here, and it is going to have to
more now than we did in 2008 when it cars. They didn’t need to commute. be put on rail or an 18-wheeler if it
was higher. I would simply say to my friend that can’t be put in a pipeline.
So I would say to my friend, he also we are on the same team. Our Presi- Let’s get more pipelines produced,
had a provision that expedites the LNG dent is leading our effort to defeat this LNG export facilities. There are mul-
facility approval process. One of the despot, to stop this war, to ensure the tiple, at least four, LNG export facili-
problems we had is 20 percent of the freedom not only of the Ukrainian peo- ties that are sitting on the desk over at
LNG export capacity is now shut down. ple but of all people, and to ensure that the Department of Energy ready to go.
we respect international law. These are multibillion-dollar, privately
b 1230 I looked at the gentleman’s bill. I funded projects that can’t move for-
It was shut down because the regula- would be glad to talk about other ward because they won’t move, yes or
tions that the gentleman speaks of, ways, including maybe some of the no, on those requests that have been

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correctly, were not followed, and the things that are in his bill. But I will pending for over a year.
LNG plant had an explosion. It shut tell the gentleman, the first couple Obviously, you look at leases, not
down because it violated regulations that I looked at, the Keystone pipeline being able to develop your lease. If you
that were imposed upon it. is not going to be reopened. The gen- are a farmer and you own land, you
What I would say to my friend—I tleman and I may lament that as a pol- could talk about all the thousands of
have talked to the committee about his icy because I was publicly, during the acres of land, but if you need a permit

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from the Federal Government to plant them, if they were the reason that they gasoline. It would create more jobs in
food and the Federal Government had this shortfall, he would continue to America.
won’t give you a permit to plant the be blaming them. But he knew the pub- Every answer says yes, except Presi-
food, then you can’t use the land. The lic wasn’t buying it because it wasn’t dent Biden keeps saying no. We want
land is worthless. them, so he just blames more people. to address it through this legislation,
You own leases on Federal or State Then, he goes to price gouging. As which would counter some of those
lands, but the Federal Government, the gentleman pointed out, there was a many things that President Biden has
through President Biden, said you bill here on the House floor a few done to turn off the spigots in America.
can’t get permits to go and exercise weeks ago to try to shift the blame If we can work on ways to confront
that lease. Then the lease is worthless. over to price gouging, and the answer this, I would be more than happy to
There has been a lot of talk by the was to allow you to sue your local gas have that negotiation, and we could go
White House about who to blame. By station if you didn’t like the price of through, offline, how to do that. That
the way, I have never heard of Presi- gas. is why I continue to bring up this bill.
dent Biden pointing the finger at him- Well, none of us like the price of gas. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen-
self or looking in the mirror and going, Suing your gas station is only going to tleman from Maryland.
is there something I can do? We have a make the price higher. Obviously, that Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I
list for him that he can do, and he had no impact because that wasn’t the thank the gentleman for all of that in-
won’t. reason. But that was the answer and formation.
But Joe Biden, as a candidate for the attempt to try to blame somebody It continues to befuddle me why our
President, has said things like this else. Republican friends would much prefer
multiple times since being President: Then we moved forward, and it is all to blame President Biden and so avoid
‘‘No more drilling on Federal lands. No of these other issues—refineries. This placing blame on Mr. Trump’s friend,
more drilling, including offshore. No week, the White House started blaming Mr. Putin. I don’t understand that,
ability for the oil industry to continue refineries. Madam Speaker. It is not a nation indi-
to drill, period.’’ That was Joe Biden. While the White House keeps throw- visible.
Then, Joe Biden continued to carry ing spaghetti at the wall, trying to fig- Now, Madam Speaker, I used a sta-
out policies that followed through on ure out if somebody else will take the tistic some weeks ago that I have
those promises to kill drilling in Amer- blame, he is going to go to Saudi and heard not at all disputed. The Biden
ica, and each step of the way, the price ask them to help us lower the price. administration has approved more
kept going up. Saudi’s ability to produce is irrelevant drilling permits on public land in 2021,
Prior to Putin’s invasion—I know the to the price if we produce in America in 1 year, than the Trump administra-
President loves trying to blame Putin. because we have the ability to drive tion did each year during its first 3
Well in advance of Putin’s invasion, down that price because we are not an years in office.
the price of oil was going up. In fact, OPEC nation. We are not a monopoly. b 1245
the President was—whatever termi- We are a free-market economy when Not compared to the combined 3
nology you want to use—pleading with, the free market is allowed to operate. years, just compared to each individual
begging, asking Putin to produce more But President Biden, through his year. Number one.
oil prior to the invasion of Ukraine. promises—‘‘No ability for the oil indus- Number two: Domestic oil production
That was who Joe Biden was asking try to continue to drill, period’’—in es- is greater today than it was under
back then as he was carrying out his sence, he took the free market ability Trump. Not a whole big difference,
promise, ‘‘No ability for the oil indus- for America to produce energy off the 10,968 versus 11,185, but nevertheless, it
try to continue to drill, period.’’ table, which means he gave that lever- speaks to the fact that the representa-
He only applied that, by the way, to age to monopolies, to cartels. They are tion that somehow Biden has shut
America. He was asking other coun- taking advantage of it because Presi- down the industry, and therefore, he is
tries to drill. He was just saying you dent Biden gave them that. to blame.
can’t do it here. Putin said no, by the Instead of asking them to produce We don’t want to talk about the pan-
way. more when they are fine with the high demic that shut down oil production.
In the meantime, Putin was making price of oil, whether it is Brent, West In Trump’s last year—in Trump’s last
$700 million a day selling his oil to Texas, it doesn’t matter what it is. He year—refineries in the U.S. reduced
America and Europe during that period has taken it off in America so that their capacity by more than 800,000
when President Biden was carrying out they can limit the supply. barrels. So, under the Trump adminis-
all the steps to stop drilling in Amer- Let’s not limit the supply. Again, if tration, production was decreased.
ica. it is about saving the planet, if it is Maybe they will look at the records
Then you fast forward. The price about carbon emissions, why not and see whether or not that representa-
keeps going up. President Biden, again, produce more here? There is no coun- tion is accurate, and if it is not, I stand
doesn’t look in the mirror. try in the world that produces oil that to be corrected. But those are the fig-
The gentleman mentioned they does it cleaner or better than us. ures I have.
blamed the pandemic. That didn’t fly If you take America off the table, as I notice that my friend did not re-
because that wasn’t the case because President Biden has done—‘‘No more spond to my representation that prices
people started getting out again, start- drilling on Federal lands. No more were higher under George Bush in 2008
ed going again. drilling, including offshore.’’ That was than they are today. Now, because of
Energy companies asked to start pro- Joe Biden. He took it off the table inflation, the number is different, and
ducing again and filed permit after per- here. That means you are going to need compared to the world price, prices are
mit application and got denied and de- oil from countries that emit more car- higher.
nied and denied, so then the President bon to produce the same oil, so you get So, I will say to my friend, we had at
blamed the oil and gas companies. higher carbon emissions. least 80 million acres, 2.5 million
They had hearings up here, brought in Again, that doesn’t even count the taken. As the gentleman pointed out
all the oil and gas companies. carbon emissions that will occur when before, the court said, No, that wasn’t
Do you know what the oil and gas President Biden gets on Air Force One legal, so it was never effected. But we
companies said under oath? They want and flies over 5,700 miles to go have have those 800,000 that are not back on-
to drill more, and they can’t drill be- this conversation that he doesn’t need line.
cause of President Biden’s policies. It to have because he can have that con- Don’t blame them, though. Don’t

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is President Biden’s policies stopping versation right here in America at a blame Putin. Don’t blame the pan-
them from drilling. place like Port Fourchon, where the demic. Politically, let’s blame Biden.
Again, if the oil and gas companies or answer would be yes, and it would be Now, I’m not sure why Bush had the
Putin were the reason that there was cleaner. And by the way, it would bring higher price. Maybe it was that he was
this inability, and President Biden, as billions more dollars into America’s shutting down the oil business, the
he has done multiple times, blamed Treasury. It would lower the price of President from Texas. Maybe.

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But there is more today being pro- it. If you don’t get those permits to ac- So I don’t want to dispute that, but
duced. Not by enough. Still, there are tually utilize the leases, the leases are it is also necessary to have production,
800,000 barrels shut down. That is per worthless. That is what H.R. 6858 ad- particularly among the cartel coun-
day, by the way; not just 800,000—per dresses. We have been raising that tries, and Russia has no interest—Rus-
day. issue for a long time. The lease is no sia has an interest in additional pro-
So we can argue back and forth on good if you can’t, then, use the lease. duction.
this. We are passing legislation. Our Mr. HOYER. Would the gentleman Why? Because that is how they are
Republican friends, for the most part, yield? funding this war. But we ought to
voted against it. It won’t work. It Mr. SCALISE. I yield to the gen- spend time on criticizing Putin and his
won’t do. tleman. war and the crimes that are being com-
I don’t know whether they are right Mr. HOYER. What I said was, in mitted in his name in Ukraine, and our
or wrong, but it is worth trying. It is Trump’s last year, refineries in the determination to make sure the
worth trying because our consumers U.S. reduced their capacity by more Ukrainian people who have displayed
are hurting. than 800,000 barrels. That didn’t have extraordinary courage, and Zelenskyy,
People at the grocery store—I go to anything to do about leases. who has displayed extraordinary lead-
the grocery store every weekend, That had to do with an economic de- ership, make sure they know that we
Madam Speaker. I live alone. I don’t cision, which probably made sense be- are focused on them. And we are fo-
buy a lot of groceries because they will cause what happened is the economy cused against Putin, not our own Presi-
go bad, so I go every weekend. was contracting. dent, any more than I did when, you
I see the shelves that are empty. I see Madam Speaker, 2.8 million net jobs know, George Bush was President.
the price of bacon has gone up now were lost during the 4 years of Trump, Very frankly, I supported, as the gen-
over $10. I see the price of the eggs I and 8.7 million have been gained. tleman probably knows, the trade bills.
get, the price of the half and half I buy, As they have been gaining, people are I thought it was good to do business. A
or the orange juice I buy. It is going getting back in their cars. They are lot of our people didn’t support him on
up. getting back and driving. They are that. I supported him on that.
I am in the fortunate position where spending on the economy. But what So I think we need to be not so crit-
I can pay for it without it binding me happened? ical of our President. We have one
someplace else. But I know that a The pandemic had shut down supply President at a time. We had a pan-
whole lot of people that I see shopping, lines. And the oil companies, ration- demic. It wasn’t on his watch we got a
they have got that list out, and they ally, when demand went down, they re- pandemic. It was on his watch that we
are very worried about their costs. duced capacity. They don’t need a new got a handle on the pandemic.
I don’t know whether this bill we just lease to go back up to the 800,000. They On his watch, he has been giving
passed is going to solve that—cer- were doing it under the present author- more access to public lands than his
tainly, not overnight. I don’t know ization that they have. predecessor did. We can debate the nu-
whether a month from now it will help That was my point. It continues to be ances of differences, but we ought to
somewhat, 5 cents or 10 cents on a my point. The companies have made a focus on why we have this crisis.
pound of bacon or a dozen eggs. decision and they are not moving The gentleman knows these prices in
I don’t know that, but it was worth a ahead rapidly to try to get more pro- many ways reflect the confidence and
try, and we passed this bill. We got duction. the stability, or the lack of confidence
some Republican support, including, I One of the reasons is—I get it—they and the lack of stability in the market,
think, the ranking member of the com- are making a lot of money. Some oil and the war directly relates to that
mittee that reported the bill out. companies have got 300 percent greater issue.
We are not technically at war, but we profits now than they had some years Mr. SCALISE. Obviously, we will
are spending a lot of money on behalf ago. 300 percent. continue to debate this. Hopefully, we
of freedom, and we ought to be to- So, why do we need to do more prod- will debate it over H.R. 6858 where we
gether. We ought not to be carping uct? We are making great money. can actually be talking about how we
about our President who is doing ev- Chevron says it had the most success- work together to solve the problem.
erything he can think of to try to get ful year in 2021 than it has ever had. It Of course, as the gentleman knows,
a handle on this, both on inflation, on may be another oil company. I may be Congress did come together, Repub-
the cost to consumers, and on the sup- wrong on that. licans and Democrats, to give our
ply of a product that we all need. Was it Chevron? I am asking some- friends in Ukraine the tools to go and
So, I would simply make a request body who probably knows the answer push Putin out of much of Ukraine
that let’s work together to try to get better than me. One of the oil compa- and, hopefully, all of Ukraine.
this problem solved. Saudi Arabia is nies reported that. We will continue to stand with the
not the answer, but it is part of the an- I am not criticizing them for that. incredibly strong, resilient people of
swer. The cartel is part of the answer. What I am saying is, this is a multi- Ukraine in standing up to Vladimir
The Russians are part of the answer. faceted challenge that confronts us, Putin.
Maybe none of them are the entire and we ought to address it in a way We will, hopefully, have this debate
answer. But when you understand that that it deserves, and that is in a bipar- further as we are talking about the leg-
this administration has given more tisan way that will have effect. islation that we would like to bring.
leases on public land than the prior ad- I am going to work with the gen- Unless the gentleman has anything
ministration did in its first 3 years, it tleman. As I said, I was for Keystone. I else—Madam Speaker, I yield back the
is hard to say that this administration was not for shutting Keystone down. I balance of my time.
is the reason for this. Other than po- was approving it to go ahead. I thought f
litically, it is a very salient argument, it made sense. Our friends in Canada
but that is all it is. have an extraordinary supply. CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH
Mr. SCALISE. Just for clarification, As the gentleman observes, though— (Ms. LEE of California asked and was
the ranking member voted ‘‘no’’ on the interestingly, because I think many of given permission to address the House
bill. your colleagues oppose those rules and for 1 minute and to revise and extend
Mr. HOYER. Oh, okay. Sorry. regulations—it is cleaner. It is better her remarks.)
Mr. SCALISE. The 800,000 leases—and for the environment to produce it here. Ms. LEE of California. Madam
I know we talked about this before. Why? Because we adopted regula- Speaker, I rise to acknowledge

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You can have 800,000 leases, but when tions—either the administration adopt- Juneteenth, which on Sunday, will be
you need, then, permits to actually uti- ed or we passed them in legislation, celebrated for a second year as a Fed-
lize the lease—so you have a lease to go and very frankly, I think that many of eral holiday.
and develop oil, but you need to drill. those were opposed by—I don’t know Now, on June 19, 1865, news of the end
You need to do seismic. You need to whether you, but many in your party, of slavery finally reached Galveston,
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