Repealing of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

Floor Speech

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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman, our chair of the Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee, for yielding.

Mr. Speaker, taxing methane emissions is a backward and impractical way to combat pollution. Instead of encouraging investments in new infrastructure in support of the energy producers, the Biden administration has chosen to introduce more red tape and bureaucracy into our energy industry by taxing methane emissions.

Despite what President Biden, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, and liberals in California might believe, we cannot tax our way into lower emissions. It is time to remove the methane tax that has only caused energy prices to rise while doing very little to protect our environment and communities.

The natural gas produced by our adversaries is not subjected to these taxes. If American producers are going to be able to innovate and produce the energy that we need, then it is time for Congress to act.

Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation and American energy.

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