Amodei Statement on the Lower Energy Costs Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mark Amodei (NV-02) today issued the following statement after voting for H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act:

“Our nation is blessed with an abundance of natural resources that can meet our energy needs. Yet, President Biden has waged an all-out war on American energy by issuing executive orders and supporting policies that undermine domestic energy and mineral production all while making us dangerously reliant on foreign adversaries. Make no mistake, the Biden Administration is directly to blame for Americans’ pain at the pump and the country’s ongoing energy crisis.

“When Republicans took the House majority, we promised the American people that we would pass comprehensive legislation to lower costs and unleash American energy independence, and today, we made good on that promise. The Lower Energy Costs Act includes provisions that will increase domestic energy production, reform the permitting process for all industries, reverse anti-energy policies advanced by the Biden Administration, streamline energy infrastructure and exports, and boost the production and processing of critical minerals.

“Nevada is poised to serve our nation by delivering the lithium necessary for renewable energies, and I’m especially excited that this legislation will streamline the burdensome and bureaucratic permitting process that far too often keeps these critical minerals in the ground. Rather than continuing to rely on adversaries like China for these resources, I look forward to seeing Nevada’s miners produce these resources here at home under the strongest environmental and labor standards in the world. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to pass this legislation.”

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