Summary: Republican senators are demanding that the Biden administration explain why it revised the number of unused fossil fuel permits.
The group believes that the administration has been gas-lighting domestic energy producers for the past two years.
The lawmakers have also highlighted that the permits awarded to oil and gas companies are tied up in legal battles, require additional permits, or need additional leases to be fully developed.
Takeaways: A group of Republican senators has demanded that the Biden administration explain its recent downward revision of the number of unused fossil fuel permits.
The permits awarded to oil and gas companies are tied up in legal battles, require additional permits, or need additional leases to be fully developed.
Republicans believe that the administration has been gas-lighting domestic energy producers for the past two years.
Many of the permits that have been awarded are yet to be used, and the administration has been slowing new leasing to the lowest point since World War II.
Republican senators believe that the timely leasing of federal minerals is a core part of the Bureau of Land Management’s function.
Commentary: It is clear that the Biden administration is not concerned about the impact of their policies on the energy industry or the American people.
This administration has been gas-lighting domestic energy producers for the past two years, and now that the truth has come to light, they are quietly walking back their false statements hoping no one will take notice.
It is shameful that this administration used faulty statistics to justify their refusal to comply with timely onshore and offshore federal oil and gas lease sales.
Meanwhile, skyrocketing energy and inflation costs are crippling hard-working Americans and their families.
This kind of Washington Knows Best policy might win plaudits from unaccountable special interests, but it’s going to cost our state jobs and economic opportunity – all while making land more expensive and more difficult to develop for affordable housing and critical infrastructure projects.
The timely leasing of federal minerals as required by law is a core part of the Bureau of Land Management’s function, as is correctly communicating the statistics regarding its progress on that front to the American people.
Source https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-press-biden-admin-false-oil-gas-permitting-claims
