we were exporting energy. now we re importing energy. martha: this is a crucial point that you re making. we were energy independent a couple years ago in the trump administration that you worked in. we had we achieved energy independence. when that happens and you have weird thing happen, terrible things happen like a pandemic and things shut down and you have to ramp up again, you re in control as your own country. what you want to do, where you want to drill, how you re going to get oil to the people that need it to lowter prices. we gave up all that control, didn t we? yes, as a matter of fact, we did. we re now once again importing energy, which is ridiculous. prepandemic, we were pumping out about 13.5 million barrels a day. the economy has recovered. we re still only pumping out 11 million barrels a day. why? because the big oil companies and gas companies and fracking companies are afraid to invest
impeachment charade, i yield back the balance of my time. gentleman from new york. madam speaker, i a yield a minute to the gentleman from texas. gentleman is recognized a minute. madam speaker, i rise on a sad day for america, a sad day for texas and a very sad day for the people i represent. i m not gleeful for today. i came to congress to lowter cost of prescription drugs, fight for a debt-free education and improve the cost of special needs, children, seniors and veterans. i didn t come to impeach a sitting president. i have no choice. he has used the office for political gain. our founding fathers feared one day the power of the presidency was stretched beyond its limits. they have put in a system of
effect all living life, all creatures on earth. but as we ve seen more people are more equal than others and the foks feeling it are subsistence fishermans, farmers and it it it neighborhoods of color. reporter: it and the great paradox off a man-made crisis, the fuels that built the modern world are the same ones now destroying it. and while a dirty energy addiction will eventually effect everyone, the folks with the smallest carbon foot prints are the ones that will feel the most pain. on one hand i m fighting to push refinery to lower emission levels and they re foilging and pushing back saying we can t lowter anymore without shutting down and losing the business. and then i have residents saying you re going to push these industries away and we need
whole and the prime minister specifically are in a world of hurt. well, they are in a world when it s a very tense political time in israel. benjam benjamin netanyahu is being challenged. i think what is notable, this was in fact fired by islamic jihad. islamic jihad plays a spoiler role in the gaza strip. there was an egyptian delegation negotiating with hamas trying to lowter tensions. if it was islamic jihad, it answers to different forces outside of israel. you know, it s not clear where the funding has come from. in the past, iran has played a role in funding hamas and jihad and others. so if those rockets were fired, it was clearly an attempt to
russia. the accounts were part of two big fake news organizations. next, tesla cutting nearly 3,000 jobs as they work to lowter cost of their sedan. elon musk says his cars are still too expensive for most people. one is dead, three injured after being buried in an avalanche in northern new mexico yesterday. a barber shop in pennsylvania not only concerned what is on top of kids heads but what s inside. you ll find a box of children s books in the shop. the good news is the store offering $3 to boys and girls that read allowed while getting hair cuts. the owner says they re trying to build up kids reading skills and public speaking confidence. i love that story. glad we could bring that to you. congratulations to city cuts. thanks for joining us. another week has gone by. i m sure that you ll want to join us on the five.