WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) released the following statement on his vote to pass H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act.

“I hear from our small energy producers all the time about the damage that has been done to their industry over the last few years,” said Chairman Williams. “This crucial piece of legislation would increase domestic energy production, reform the permitting process, and reverse the Biden Administration’s anti-energy policies that are crushing our nation’s small oil and gas producers, and by extension, our small businesses. As Main Street America continues to reel from high inflation, rising interest rates, broken supply chains, and labor shortages, any move to lower energy costs will help alleviate these burdens they’ve been forced to bear. I am proud to have voted for this vital piece of legislation and urge my colleagues in the Senate to do the same.”

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