House Republicans have passed a sprawling energy package that would counter virtually all of President Biden’s agenda to address climate change.
House Republicans on Thursday approved a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Biden’s agenda to address climate change.
“Families are struggling because of President Biden’s war on American energy,” said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise , one of the bill’s main authors. “Every time we need a pipeline, a road or a dam, it gets held up five to seven years and adds millions of dollars in costs for the project to comply with Washington’s permitting process,” McCarthy said in speech on the House floor. “It’s too long, it’s unaffordable, it’s not based on science, and it’s holding us back.”
“Permitting reform isn’t for everyone,” McCarthy added. “If you like paying more at the pump, you don’t want to make it faster for American workers to build more pipelines. If you’re China, you’d rather America sit back and let others lead. And if you’re a bureaucrat, maybe you really do enjoy reading the 600-page environmental impact studies.”
Instead of reining in “Big Oil” companies that have reported record profits while “hoarding thousands of unused leases” on public lands and waters, the GOP bill lowers royalty rates paid by energy producers and reinstates noncompetitive leasing of public lands, Grijalva said.
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