Rep. Boebert Calls on Secretary Haaland to Stop Undermining American Energy Dominance
Rep. Lauren Boebert joined House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman and 19 additional Republican Committee members in a letter demanding accountability for the Biden regime’s decision to delay domestic energy leasing and instead rely on foreign oil.
Rep. Boebert stated: “I put the American roughneck ahead of OPEC, but Joe Biden can’t say the same. Biden is importing dirtier oil and gas from countries that hate America, emitting tons of CO2 importing energy on ships and tankers, and jacking up prices at the pump for middle-class families. Rather than draining our strategic oil reserve and increasing our dependency on foreign countries, there is a simpler solution: responsibly develop American energy. I support American energy dominance and stand with American energy workers and American families who are tired of paying a higher price at the pump. One of my first acts in Congress was to introduce the Protecting American Energy Jobs Act to nullify and defund Biden’s job-killing energy executive orders, and I will keep defending the people of Colorado from the heavy hand of the Biden regime.”
Background:
One of Biden’s first mandates was to place a moratorium on energy leasing on federal lands. Rep. Boebert responded with the Protecting American Energy Jobs Act to nullify and defund Biden’s executive orders targeting energy leasing, reinstate the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, and defend energy workers from future attacks.
With the stroke of his pen, Biden harmed American energy workers, and Nancy Pelosi has continued to silence Americans by refusing to bring the Protecting American Energy Jobs Act to the House Floor for a vote. In response, Rep. Boebert and Congressman Chip Roy began a discharge petition on the Protecting American Energy Jobs Act to force a vote and put Democrats in Congress on the record to see if they stand with OPEC or the American roughneck.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana blocked Biden’s illegal unilateral action, but the Biden regime is only nominally complying with the injunction. The Republican Members of the Committee on Natural Resources’ letter provides accountability and urges Secretary Haaland to follow the law.
The full text of the oversight letter is available here.