“President Trump’s energy nominees show that the Trump-Vance administration is serious about unleashing affordable, reliable, American energy.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor to express his support for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s energy nominees: Doug Burgum, Chris Wright, and Lee Zeldin.
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Sen. Barrasso’s remarks as prepared:
“President Trump’s energy nominees show that the Trump-Vance administration is serious about unleashing affordable, reliable, American energy.
“Doug Burgum is President Trump’s nominee to be the Secretary of the Department of the Interior. A son of North Dakota, his roots run deep in the West.
“Chris Wright is President Trump’s nominee to be the Secretary of Energy. His data-driven leadership and creativity laid the foundation for the Fracking Boom that fueled American energy independence.
“Lee Zeldin is President Trump’s nominee to be the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Lee is a lawyer, a veteran, and a former star member of Congress. He will cut red tape and balance environmental stewardship with sensible energy production.
“All three nominees are excellent choices to carry out President Trump’s all-of-the-above energy strategy. They have my vote.
“Like most Americans, President Trump and his nominees understand that energy policy is the foundation of our future. It is linked directly to the prices we pay, the technology we create, and world we live in.
“Unleashing American energy means lower prices and more innovation at home. It means more safety and stability abroad.
“We’ve seen it before. Affordable, reliable energy was the rocket fuel for American security and prosperity we saw under the first Trump administration
“Over the last four years, Democrats restricted, regulated, and tried to reduce American energy production. Their America-Last energy policies led to painfully high prices and a more vulnerable nation.
“Fortunately, President Trump is placing a premium on energy production. He is already laying the groundwork to take the handcuff off of American energy production.
“On Day One, I expect the President will sign a blizzard of executive orders to bring back energy dominance.
“First Day priorities include ending the Democrats’ electric vehicle mandate, more drilling on federal lands, and resuming exports of U.S. liquified natural gas.
“This is good news for my home state of Wyoming.
“Wyoming is America’s energy breadbasket. Oil and gas is our bread and butter. We have world-class reserves of coal. We have world-class wind. We benefited from American energy dominance. And our Wyoming-tough energy workers made it possible.
“Wyoming energy workers now stand ready to unleash American energy once again.
“I hear my colleagues on the other side of the aisle preach doom and gloom about energy independence.
“The Democrat Leader said yesterday that Chris Wright is an energy extremist.
“Why? Because Chris Wright believes, and I quote, ‘Oil and gas make the world go round.’ That is the depth of Democrats’ climate delusion!
“Oil and gas drive our economy, our jobs, and our prosperity. And because of American oil and gas, we do it cleaner, safer, and more reliably than anyone else.
“The facts could not be clearer.
“Since 2005, America has been responsible for 66 percent of emissions reduction among developed countries.
“We’ve reduced more emissions than the next 6 countries combined.
“There’s a reason why – and it’s not because Joe Biden bribed Americans to buy solar panels or electric cars.
“It’s because we unleashed affordable, available, reliable American-made energy.
“For the record, we can thank Chris Wright and the fracking boom for unleashing a lot of that energy.
“In 2019, America became energy independent for the first time in 50 years.
“President Trump did it before.
“With Doug Burgum, Chris Wright, and Lee Zeldin on his team, he will do it again.”
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