Nice punt. Your claim was that Biden suppressed oil production. Facts proved you wrong and then you say "increases don't matter"......ha! The Oil Patch continues it's increase after the covid bubble, like is has since Obama was president.
Biden campaigned fighting oil
Biden's orders will halt oil and natural gas leases on public lands and waters in an effort to curb planet-warming carbon emissions.
www.cnbc.com
oday, the Biden administration announced a final rule that will impose new and increasing fees and regulatory burdens on American energy producers on federal lands. This will have a devastating effect on small businesses and will ultimately increase energy costs for American consumers.
Earlier this week, the Biden administration also issued a rulemaking to reduce fees nationwide on renewable energy, showing that they have fully embraced the radical Green New Deal agenda.
The U.S. House of Representatives recently observed Energy Week by passing a slate of legislation to support domestic energy production and lower energy costs for American consumers. Among the energy bills passed out of the House were two important pieces of legislation from the Natural Resources Committee: U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.)
Restoring Energy Dominance Act and U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan’s (R-S.C.)
Protecting American Energy Production Act. These two bills are key parts of Republicans’ ongoing work to support American energy production and energy independence.
Since taking office, President Joe Biden has taken unprecedented steps to cripple American energy production and cede control of the global market to our adversaries. Starting on day one, the Biden administration revoked the Keystone XL pipeline permit, killing thousands of American jobs and making us more reliant on foreign energy sources. The president also imposed an indefinite pause on new oil and natural gas leasing on U.S. federal lands and waters and did not hold an onshore lease sale for a year and a half.
In September 2023, the administration canceled seven oil and gas leases on the North Slope of Alaska and locked up millions of acres in the National Petroleum Reserve. Biden’s DOI is also responsible for the worst five-year offshore leasing plan in history, which contained the fewest lease sales since the start of the program and was issued over a year late.
To learn more about the committee’s ongoing work to support American energy production, click
here.