New York’s Malliotakis Reacts to Biden’s SOTU Address
February 9, 2023 | New York
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) has expressed guarded optimism about President Joe Biden’s acknowledgment during his State of the Union address on Feb. 7 that the United States is not ready to abandon fossil fuels completely.
She made the comments to NTD, the television affiliate of The Epoch Times, in a Feb. 8 interview, while also expressing concerns over the Biden administration’s policies that she said have hampered energy production and complicated efforts for America to maintain energy independence.
During his State of the Union remarks on Tuesday night, Biden noted that oil companies reaped record profits last year, and took them to task, saying, “They invested too little of that profit to increase domestic production and keep gas prices down.”
The comments, at least implicitly, acknowledged the need for continued domestic fossil fuel production for the immediate future.
Malliotakis stressed the importance of energy independence and the need to put the energy needs of America and her allies well ahead of those of communist-ruled China, but questioned whether Biden’s actions have contributed to achieving this goal…..(Excerpt from The Epoch Times)
