{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/republicans-are-unleashing-american-energy-dominance/", "Republicans are Unleashing American Energy Dominance", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "Senate", "WY", "John Barrasso", "B001261", "www.barrasso.senate.gov", "barrasso", "https://www.barrasso.senate.gov/newsroom/news-releases/", "scraper", "\u201cThis Christmas, Americans will pay the lowest gas prices in five years. Across the country, families are feeling the relief that comes from returning to common sense energy policies\u2026 America is an energy superpower. Under Republicans, we are finally acting like it again.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor about the impact of unleashing affordable, available, reliable American energy.\n\nSenator Barrasso also spoke about President Trump\u2019s address to the nation and the lower prices reported in this morning\u2019s inflation data.\n\nClick HERE to watch Senator Barrasso\u2019s remarks.\n\nSen. Barrasso\u2019s remarks:\n\n\u201cI come to the Floor today hearing the Minority Leader talking about the President\u2019s address to the nation last night. I listened carefully to what the President had to say, and I thought he did an outstanding job explaining what a difference a year makes. Because what the President inherited, Republicans inherited, when we took over after Joe Biden and the Democrats had been in charge, our country was weaker, our country was poorer, our country was less safe. What we\u2019ve seen is a complete reversal over the last year with a focus on significant changes.\n\n\u201cAt the border, where we now have a secure border. Most secure it\u2019s been in years and years and even decades. A huge difference on energy. We\u2019re right now going into the Christmas season. Gasoline prices are at the lowest they\u2019ve been in five years. Complete change in taxes, where the Democrats wanted to raise taxes on American families by $5 trillion. Instead, this year, as we go into next year, people are going to see a dramatic difference in lower taxes, impacting how much money they have in their pockets. And a dramatic change in national security. We now have peace through strength, and we didn\u2019t have that over the last administration.\n\n\u201cAnd then, on top of all these things, President Trump announced something called a \u2018Warrior Dividend.\u2019 That\u2019s going to give $1,776 to each and every one of our brave men and women in uniform, and there are over a million of them right now. And what a gift, and what a bonus, to thank them for their service. Oh, yes, we are dramatically changing the direction of this country. We\u2019re getting America back on track.\n\n\u201cAnd Mr. President, just this morning, we got additional good news. It\u2019s the latest inflation report. The inflation has slowed in November to 2.7 percent, and that is lower than anything anyone expected. That\u2019s a reflection of the work that we\u2019re doing. Core inflation was the lowest since March of 2021 \u2013 that\u2019s when Joe Biden and the Democrats came into office, and we faced 40-year high inflation. That\u2019s what the American people suffered through under four years of Biden and the Democrats. This is good news for consumers. It\u2019s good news for Main Street. It\u2019s good news for the country.\n\n\u201cThe evidence is undeniable. Republicans are getting America back on track.\n\n\u201cThis Christmas, Americans will pay the lowest gas prices in five years. Across the country, families are feeling the relief that comes from returning to common sense energy policies. For years, consumers struggled with sky-high energy prices. Gas prices hit $5 per gallon. Diesel prices were even higher. I\u2019ll never forget the day Joe Biden told his Environmental Protection Agency to prioritize climate over energy that was affordable, available, and reliable. That era is over. By unleashing energy that is affordable, available, and reliable Republicans are making America safer and more prosperous.\n\n\u201cA vital piece of American energy dominance is clean American coal. A few months ago, President Trump declared that American clean coal is essential for our nation\u2019s safety and prosperity. As part of the Working Families Tax Cuts, Republicans in Congress lowered the royalty rate for coal production on federal lands. The old, higher tax rate risked keeping coal in the ground. Lower rates mean higher production. This is good for Wyoming and good for America. Wyoming is America\u2019s energy breadbasket. Our Powder River Basin produces nearly half the coal in America. It is the cleanest-burning coal in the world.\n\n\u201cMore production means affordable energy. More production means more revenue for Wyoming schools. More production means more certainty for decades into the future. More production means more good paying jobs.\n\n\u201cJoe Biden tried to cripple clean coal production. His administration imposed the punishing Buffalo Resource Management Plan on Wyoming \u2013 a plan to stop mining of American coal. Republicans used the Congressional Review Act to restore sanity to energy production. Now, Wyoming coal producers in the Power River Basin can provide the coal needed to power the country. As a result, miners see a brighter future. Coal production is now up six percent since last year.\n\n\u201cAnother critical piece of American energy superiority is nuclear energy. Last year, the Senate passed my bill to ban the import of Russian uranium. President Trump is also supporting uranium production and nuclear energy as part of his all-of-the-above strategy. Uranium production in America is now booming. My home state of Wyoming is the second largest producer of uranium in America. Our production has increased nearly 100 percent since last year. Because of Republican policies, production facilities that were once dormant are now ramping up. That\u2019s because they have the certainty of business. Nuclear energy fuels 20 percent of American electricity. We need it. More power from all energy sources will bring affordable electricity prices in the future.\n\n\u201cRepublicans also ended the Electric Vehicle Mandate. We got rid of the $7,500 government subsidies to buy electric cars. When California tried to control what cars Americans could drive, we stepped in and we stopped them. Electric vehicles are vehicles Americans don\u2019t want and can\u2019t afford. We were not going to allow California to force feed us. Now, Americans are back in the driver\u2019s seat.\n\n\u201cRepublicans also removed Green New Deal regulations. We did it throughout the entire government. Taxpayers saved billions of dollars. Additionally, Republicans repealed the Biden-era tax on natural gas. That saves Americans money when they heat their home. Republicans rolled back Biden-era regulations on home appliances. Now Americans have the freedom to purchase the appliances that work best for them, their families, and their budgets.\n\n\u201cThe contrast is dramatic. Senate Democrats have no plan and no desire to make energy more affordable. Democrats may talk about affordability, yet energy costs are highest in their home states. In Senator Schumer\u2019s home state of New York, electricity prices are up 36 percent over the last six years. New York energy prices are 44 percent higher than the national average. In California, electricity prices are up 58 percent in five years. Democrats ought to take responsibility for the higher prices their policies caused.\n\n\u201cAffordable, reliable American energy is a necessity, not a luxury. It is good for our workers. It is good for our economy. It is good for our safety and security. America is an energy superpower. 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