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   House Democrats unanimously rejected a Republican bill aimed at   
   replenishing the country's strategic oil reserves after President   
   Joe Biden released the largest amount of oil from the stockpile in   
   U.S. history.   
      
   220 House Democrats voted to block consideration of the Strategic   
   Production Response Act on Tuesday afternoon, with one party member   
   not voting. The bill, which Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R.,   
   Wash.), Steve Scalise (R., La.), and Fred Upton (R., Mich.) unveiled   
   in December, requires Biden's energy secretary to develop a plan to   
   increase U.S. gas production on federal lands should the president   
   release additional oil from the nation's reserves "for non-emergency   
   reasons."   
      
   Democrats' refusal to bolster domestic energy production comes just   
   weeks after Biden released 50 million barrels of oil from the   
   country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, marking the largest release   
   in U.S. history. While those reserves are typically used for   
   emergency reasons—then-president George W. Bush loaned 30 million   
   barrels from the stockpile in the wake of Hurricane Katrina—Biden   
   tapped into the supply in an attempt to curtail rising gas prices   
   amid intense political pressure. The average price of a gallon of   
   gas has increased by more than a dollar over the course of Biden's   
   presidency.   
      
   Power the Future founder Daniel Turner criticized House Democrats   
   for the vote, which he said would further "squander American energy   
   independence."   
      
   "It's sad that we need to pass a measure to get energy workers back   
   on the job in America. What's even more pathetic is that there are   
   those who vote against it," Turner told the Washington Free Beacon.   
   "Anyone who would vote against responsible energy development within   
   our country is also voting against getting back to energy   
   independence."   
      
   Biden, who centered his presidential campaign on fighting climate   
   change, issued an executive order on the first day of his presidency   
   that canceled the Keystone XL pipeline project, killing thousands of   
   oil and gas jobs in the process. Just days later, the Democrat   
   suspended new oil and gas drilling on federal lands, and his   
   administration is now fighting a GOP-led lawsuit challenging the   
   moratorium. Those policies—as well as Biden's decision to tap into   
   the nation's oil reserves for non-emergencies—threaten America's   
   energy security, McMorris Rodgers argued in a statement.   
      
   "The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was created by Congress to respond   
   to oil supply disruptions that may arise after a natural disaster or   
   war. The SPR is not supposed to be tapped as a bailout for the   
   president's anti-fossil fuel agenda, which has led to the highest   
   gas prices in seven years," McMorris Rodgers said. "The Biden   
   administration must end its hostility to producing energy here at   
   home, and reverse the policies that have led to the cancellation of   
   critical pipelines and endless permitting delays."   
      
   The White House did not return a request for comment.   
      
      
   https://freebeacon.com/democrats/house-dems-reject-gop-plan-to-   
   replenish-oil-reserves-biden-drained/   
      
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