Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve From China Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. MILLS. Mr. Speaker, I had prepared a speech today to talk about my support for H.R. 22 and the protection of our Strategic Petroleum Reserves.

But after hearing my colleagues on the left, it is very simple. They don't care about unleashing American energy, us getting to energy dominance, to ensuring that we have the global currency.

They care about defending the Chinese and the CCP. That is why they have continued to try and prevent us from being able to sell our strategic petroleum reserves from China.

That is why they tried to stop us from putting together a subcommittee that would have been a select subcommittee to go after the CCP and their malign activities.

Mr. Speaker, it is very clear. They do not want to go to an America- first agenda. They do not want to protect America. They do not want to unleash American energy for the American people to get our costs under control.

They want to continue to protect the communist China party and the Chinese themselves.

I rise in protection, not just in support of H.R. 22, but of the American people and the American workers.

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