Mitch McConnell Hammers Biden's Plan To 'Sacrifice' US Energy On The 'Altar Of Climate Activism'

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During remarks on the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke about President Biden's energy policies.

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00:00 On another matter, last Thursday, the Biden administration announced its plan to sacrifice

00:09 yet another source of affordable, reliable American energy on the altar of climate activism.

00:19 After years of freezes and bans on onshore and offshore oil and gas leasing, the administration's

00:26 latest attempt to appease Democrats' radical base is a ban on new coal leasing in Powder

00:33 River Basin of Wyoming and Montana.

00:38 This region is responsible for producing nearly half of the nation's coal.

00:43 Last year alone, the basin created more than 250 million tons of coal and employs more

00:49 than 4,000 people.

00:52 Shutting off development will result in lost jobs and millions of dollars of lost revenue

00:59 for Montana and Wyoming.

01:03 The skin of the administration's war on coal is one Kentuckians know all too well, and

01:10 working families across the country are already struggling with persistent inflation.

01:17 Energy prices alone have risen more than 40 percent since President Biden took office.

01:23 But Washington Democrats' radicalism may have finally stretched their own party to

01:27 the breaking point.

01:29 In fact, the Biden administration's war on affordable, reliable American energy has proven

01:36 so radically harmful to consumers, workers, and our global competitiveness that it's facing

01:43 bipartisan opposition right here in the Senate.

01:48 Just yesterday, a bipartisan majority passed Senator Cruz's resolution disapproving of

01:54 the Department of Energy's new rule to effectively ban affordable natural gas home furnaces.

02:02 This rule would signify an increase in the existing efficiency standard and effectively

02:10 ban the sale of more affordable home heating furnaces that don't need it.

02:15 By one estimate, this rule will heap as much as $4 billion in new costs onto consumers

02:25 who already can't afford the high costs of the Biden economy.

02:31 The American people have suffered enough from Bidenomics to the Green New Deal.

02:37 I'm glad a majority of the Senate agrees it's time to slam the brakes on the administration's

02:42 assault on gas appliances.

02:46 And I'm thankful to my colleague Senator Cruz for bringing attention to this madness.

Mitch McConnell Hammers Biden's Plan To 'Sacrifice' US Energy On The 'Altar Of Climate Activism'

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