U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES From the desk of Tom Cole
On President Joe Biden’s first week in office, he implemented several misguided and destructive energy policies including issuing moratoriums on new oil, gas and coal leasing and permitting on federal lands and canceling the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. As a result, our nation is relying on foreign nations for our energy needs and Americans are paying exponentially more to put gas in their vehicles and to cool and heat their homes.
Unfortunately, instead of reversing his decisions, recently the president furthered his problematic agenda to force his radical green energy agenda on the country by ending more fossil fuel drilling on 10.8 million acres of land in Alaska. The president’s decision to stifle what is left of our energy production here at home will not only disrupt our economy even more, but it could also cost thousands more American jobs, including in indigenous communities.
