Rep Steve Scalise (R) - LA
District 1 Congressman and House majority leader Steve Scalise says the Lower Energy Costs Act can help families struggling to make ends meet and put Americans back to work producing energy…but only if the President will support it. About 40-percent of inflation in America is energy-related. Oil & gas drive the costs of everything. Scalise says H.R. 1, which is called the Lower Energy Costs Act, will benefit consumers and taxpayers by reinvigorating the American energy industry…:
“Producing more energy here at home, streamlining the permit process, allowing more infrastructure like pipelines to be built, mandating more lease sales…so that we can finally start producing more energy in America.”
The bill would take an “all of the above” approach to energy; promoting renewable sources, but also clearing the way for U.S. oil & gas exploration to ramp back up. It would open up more offshore energy leasing, and remove hurdles in acquiring exploration permits. Scalise says the White House has slowed that process to a crawl, which curtails domestic energy production…:
“All the things that are involved take time. And every time that the federal government gets in the way, through the Biden Administration, it makes that project harder to do and so you’re seeing a lot more exploration in foreign countries.”
Scalise expects the bill to be debated and voted upon soon. He says there are enough majority votes to pass it, but welcomes any Democrats who want Americans to have cheaper energy to support it as well. He acknowledges the bill, in essence, directs President Biden to undo over two years of his own energy policy by signing the bill..:
“So, the question is ‘will the president finally stand up with us, and try to help those hard-working taxpayers who are struggling.”
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