ICYMI: In Energy-Producing Oklahoma, Malliotakis Highlights How Biden's Energy Policies are Raising Costs for Americans

(YUKON, OK) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) joined the House Committee on Ways and Means for its second field hearing in Yukon, Oklahoma, examining the state of the economy for American workers, farmers, and families. During questioning, Malliotakis highlighted how President Biden's energy policies are raising costs for all Americans.

"When we talk about 'Made in America,' we're talking about American manufacturers, American farmers, food producers, American energy producers," Congresswoman Malliotakis said. "We have a president that talks a lot about 'Made in America,' but what I'm hearing today is that there's a real disconnect between what he says and the policies that are coming from his Administration. Higher taxes, burdensome regulations, permitting delays, and the disincentivizing of work, have all made it more difficult for you to create American jobs and produce more American goods. We rely on energy for everything - to manufacture, to transport goods and food, and to have reliable electricity. We never think about where or how it's produced. Lately, my constituents are paying a lot more attention because they're getting those higher utility bills, they're seeing that gas prices are more today than they were two years ago and they're seeing that transportation of food is actually driving the price of their products up at the supermarket."

The Committee was joined by several witnesses from the farming and energy industries, including Bryan Jackson, Co-Founder of Route 66 Processing, Chuck Mills, Owner and President of Mills Machine Company, Kelly Payne, Former President of Oklahoma National Stockyards, and Joe Brevetti, Founder and Managing Member of Charter Oak Production Co.

In response to Malliotakis' questions about the impact President Biden's canceling of the Keystone XL pipeline had on America's energy industry, Joe Brevetti highlighted the economic and environmental benefits of producing crude oil domestically instead importing it from foreign adversaries like Venezuela, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.

"[The cancelation of the Keystone XL Pipeline] was a job killer," Brevetti said. "It also slapped one of our best allies - our neighbor to the north - in the face. There was so much investment done. This was a way for Canada to be able to market their products to a place where they would have consumers. I will point out - there is no safer way to move oil than in a pipeline. A lot of oil gets moved by railroads and that's not safe...When you produce crude in a foreign country it's not produced as cleanly and safely, but you also have to move it on tankers and that has a carbon footprint. It's cleaner, safer, and nobody produces hydrocarbons in a more environmentally and greener fashion than U.S. producers."

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