[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1020 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1020
Condemning the Biden administration's plans for seeking to remove
sanctions on the oppressive Maduro regime and negotiating with Iran in
response to the crisis in Ukraine, and instead calling for Congress and
the administration to support the production of American energy.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 1, 2022
Mr. Palmer (for himself, Mrs. Hinson, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Johnson of
Ohio, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Donalds, Mrs. Rodgers of
Washington, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr.
Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Meuser, Mr. McKinley, Mrs. Lesko, Mr.
Dunn, Mr. Hill, Mr. Pence, Mr. Steube, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Ellzey, Mr.
Duncan, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Smucker,
Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Cawthorn, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mrs. Miller of Illinois,
Mr. Cloud, Mrs. Fischbach, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Johnson of
Louisiana, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Gosar, Mr.
Meijer, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Wittman, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois,
Mr. Jackson, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mrs.
Bice of Oklahoma, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Budd, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Rice of
South Carolina, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Davidson, Mrs.
Kim of California, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Murphy
of North Carolina, Mr. Grothman, Mrs. Spartz, Mr. Allen, Mr. Mooney,
Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Hern, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Ms. Letlow, Mr.
Graves of Louisiana, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Moore of Utah,
Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mrs. Harshbarger,
Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Harris, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Buck, Mr. Smith of New Jersey,
Mr. Griffith, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Tiffany, and Mr. Bacon)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and
Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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RESOLUTION
Condemning the Biden administration's plans for seeking to remove
sanctions on the oppressive Maduro regime and negotiating with Iran in
response to the crisis in Ukraine, and instead calling for Congress and
the administration to support the production of American energy.
Whereas the United States was a net energy exporter before President Biden took
office;
Whereas America's energy independence ended within 1 year of the Biden
Presidency;
Whereas President Biden's hostile policies toward American energy production
discouraged investment in domestic energy infrastructure and production;
Whereas President Biden issued Executive orders to revoke permitting for the
Keystone XL Pipeline and issued a moratorium on energy production on
Federal lands on day 1 of his Presidency;
Whereas President Biden supported the Russian oil industry by refusing to
sanction the Nord Stream 2 pipeline;
Whereas a lack of domestically produced energy forces the United States to rely
on imported oil;
Whereas because of the suspension of Russian oil imports after Russia's
unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, officials in the Biden administration
have met with Venezuelan and Iranian officials to negotiate oil imports
to replace banned Russian oil imports;
Whereas President Biden's Department of State acknowledges that the Governments
of Venezuela and Iran frequently violate the human rights of their
citizens with arbitrary arrests, use of torture, extrajudicial killings,
State-sanctioned murder of protestors, and the holding of prisoners of
conscience;
Whereas, on January 28, 2019, the Trump administration imposed sanctions that
prohibit the importation of Venezuelan oil in response to the Maduro
regime's subversion of democratically elected President of Venezuela,
Juan Guaido;
Whereas, instead of importing oil from another autocratic regime and enriching
human rights abusers, the oil that United States consumers need could be
produced domestically;
Whereas increasing oil and natural gas production in the United States will
significantly reduce energy costs for American households and reduce the
inflationary burden faced by American families; and
Whereas unleashing the full force of the patriotic and hard-working United
States energy producers to supply the needs of Europe and reduce their
reliance on Russian energy will significantly reduce the ability of
Russian war criminal Vladimir Putin to fund his genocidal attack against
the free people of the democratic Nation of Ukraine: Now, therefore, be
it
Resolved, That--
(1) the House of Representatives calls on the Biden
administration and its officials to maintain the sanctions on
the repressive regimes in Venezuela and Iran; and
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--
(A) American energy independence should be achieved
again for the sake of United States national security
and the security of United States allies;
(B) President Biden should immediately rescind his
Executive orders that prohibit the approval of new
leases on Federal lands and waters; and
(C) President Biden should immediately take action
to reestablish American energy independence, including
by--
(i) authorizing the completion of the
Keystone XL Pipeline;
(ii) streamlining the approval of new
leases on Federal lands and waters;
(iii) addressing regulatory burdens on
domestic energy production; and
(iv) increasing United States energy
exports, particularly to European allies of the
United States.
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