WAR FOR OIL

On 2026-01-07, Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37) delivered a floor speech titled "WAR FOR OIL" in the House. The speech addressed foreign policy.

WAR FOR OIL

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)] [House] [Page H112] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] WAR FOR OIL (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.) Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, unable to run America, Trump says that he will run Venezuela. Unwilling to provide help to Americans facing soaring health premiums, he offers new tax subsidies to Big Oil. Long eager to drag America back to the ugly glory days of White nationalism under his hero, President William McKinley, Trump now is apparently going to make imperialism great again, also. Declaring that he and he alone will dominate the Western Hemisphere, he sends a chilling message to his fellow authoritarians, like Putin, Xi, and others: Might makes right. Just stay in your own neighborhood. With no interest in democracy, he has made clear that this is a war for oil and that he will work with any pawn that will get it to him, even those who are launching a new wave of repression in Venezuela. Colombia, Mexico, Greenland--he is handing Putin a gift by dividing NATO. Our allies had to meet yesterday to defend Denmark on Greenland from this bully in chief. So many conflicts but no plan to provide security to American families. He ignores our needs. ____________________