John Hoeven Wallops Biden, Takes Aim At 'Failed Green New Deal', Inflation, And Border Policies

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During remarks on the Senate floor, Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) spoke about President Biden's energy, economic, and border policies.

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00:00colleagues in outlining more than three and a half years of policy failures under President Biden,

00:07which are impacting families and businesses across the country every single day. From our economy to

00:14our nation's security, Americans can feel the weight of this administration's decisions leading

00:20to a higher cost of living and less safe communities. Things that impact people every

00:26single day. I'll begin where individuals most frequently feel those impacts, their pocketbook.

00:33Biden's inflation is hurting every American, particularly low-income Americans. For example,

00:40Americans are paying more for energy because President Biden has sought to block or restrict

00:45access to our nation's vast energy reserves. On day one of his administration, President Biden

00:52blocked the Keystone XL pipeline and placed a moratorium on new oil and gas leases shortly

00:58thereafter. Then President Biden and congressional Democrats doubled down, passing a partisan tax

01:05and spend bill that included a new natural gas tax and higher fees and royalty rates

01:10on federal energy production. Just recently, the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management

01:16finalized a new public lands rule, enabling radical environmental groups to block away

01:22more of our energy reserves under a so-called conservation leasing plan. The BLM also finalized

01:29a new onshore oil and gas rule and a new venting and flaring rule. In my state of North Dakota,

01:36BLM is proposing to close off leasing on 45 percent of federal oil and gas acreage and 95

01:43percent of federal coal acreage. BLM's failed stewardship of our energy resources extends to

01:50other states as well, including the blocking of new oil and gas production in the National

01:55Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. Each of these actions are specifically designed to drive up the cost of

02:01energy production on federal lands, and these costs are ultimately passed along to consumers.

02:08Today, Americans are paying 46 percent more for gasoline at the pump, and at the same time,

02:15utility bills are also rising and outpacing inflation. The Environmental Protection

02:21Agency's latest onslaught of new power sector regulations will require utilities to spend

02:26billions of dollars to comply with burdensome regulations, or worse, force the premature

02:34retirement of reliable coal-fired baseload power plants that our nation needs. Independent

02:42grid operators from across the country are warning that EPA's regulations will threaten

02:47reliability and increase the risk of blackouts and brownouts. Americans can no longer afford

02:54to pay more for less reliable energy following three and a half years of President Biden's

03:00failed Green New Deal. That's why we need to take the handcuffs off our energy producers

03:06and empower them to increase supply and bring down prices for hard-working American families.

03:14Now, in addition to discussing President Biden's failures on inflation, the economy,

03:20and energy production, I want to again bring the crisis taking place at the southern border

03:27to everyone's attention. We are nearly through fiscal 2024, and the consequences

03:32of President Biden's failed border policies are becoming clearer every single day. The

03:38American people are seeing beyond the administration's false claims that the border is secure.

03:44Every day, there are new reports of horrific crimes being committed by individuals illegally

03:50in the United States, and these violent crimes continue to be perpetuated in every state.

03:56Local and federal law enforcement officials have confirmed that the Tren de Aragua,

04:03I may not have said it just right, but this is a transnational criminal gang that originated

04:08in a Venezuelan prison. I'm going to repeat that. A transnational criminal gang that originated in

04:15a Venezuelan prison is now present and operating in the United States. Think about that. Their

04:22activities in the U.S. include human and drug trafficking, as well as assaults and the murder

04:27of police officers. In addition, there is now an increased threat from dangerous elements illegally

04:34entering the United States with direct ties to international terrorist organizations like ISIS.

04:41Just last month, IS arrested eight Tajikistan nationals with potential ties to ISIS,

04:48who illegally crossed the southern border and have been living in the United States.

04:54Let that sink in for a minute.

04:59At our port of entry and all along the border, we continue to see high numbers of individuals

05:04on the terror watch list attempting to enter the United States. So far in fiscal year 2024,

05:10we've seen 316 individuals attempt to enter the country. FBI Director Ray said it himself,

05:17we are seeing a wide array of very dangerous threats that emanate from the border.

05:23The cause of these threats to our homeland is clear. President Biden's failure to secure

05:28the southern border. President Biden's failure to secure the southern border.

05:37The American people suffer the consequences because the Biden administration

05:41refuses to enforce policies that protect our southern border. These policies were put in place

05:47by the Trump administration. They are the migrant protection protocols or remain in Mexico policy,

05:55enforcing third safe country agreements and resuming construction of the border wall.

06:01The Biden administration must address this border crisis, enforce the laws that kept

06:06monthly encounters to lower numbers that we saw under the Trump administration and take that and

06:12take border security very seriously, deadly seriously. Because border security is national

06:20security. Altogether, all these issues, whether it's safety, whether it's inflation, all of these

06:27things affect Americans across this entire country every single day. After nearly four years of

06:33policy failures, our country needs to get back on the right track, bring down inflation, strengthen

06:40our economy and address the border and national security and safety in our communities. And that's

06:47exactly what our my colleagues and I are working every day to accomplish. With that, Madam President,

06:55I yield the floor.

John Hoeven Wallops Biden, Takes Aim At 'Failed Green New Deal', Inflation, And Border Policies

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