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   President Biden also killed the Keystone XL Pipeline, which could be   
   supplying over 830,000 barrels of oil from Canada to U.S. refineries.   
   This would have helped keep our energy costs lower and would have been   
   more environmentally friendly than importing from less efficient   
   producing countries. Instead, the president chose to cave to the radical   
   climate lobby and increase imports from countries like Venezuela,   
   committing an energy security blunder so large we still feel the effects   
   of it today.   
      
   Increasing our reliance on foreign adversaries is only the most recent   
   attack on American energy producers by the Biden Administration. This   
   administration has also acted to cancel oil and gas leases in Alaska and   
   offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, even though the leases were mandated   
   under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. As Chairman of the Congressional   
   Western Caucus, ensuring responsible resource development is of the   
   utmost importance to me, which is why I have been advocating for both   
   energy independence and multiple-use mandates on our federal lands   
   across the west. The regulatory assault this administration has pursued   
   destroys any incentive for domestic energy producers to invest in   
   America’s resources, destabilizing our energy market and spurring higher   
   prices. The United States produces the cleanest and safest energy in the   
   world from traditional resources like oil and natural gas, discouraging   
   investments that would create jobs and expand our supply of domestic   
   natural gas in the name of climate change is delusional.   
      
   This week, the House of Representatives will vote on my resolution   
   denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden   
   Administration, outlining all the shortfalls of his “green” policy   
   decisions. This resolution condemns the irrational and unpredictable   
   federal lands policies of this administration, outlines where President   
   Biden has issued harmful executive actions, and encourages domestic   
   production of reliable and affordable energy.   
      
   The Biden Administration’s war on clean, safe, and affordable energy is   
   not sustainable. They cannot continue to compromise our national   
   security to push their extreme agenda. While we in the House Republican   
   majority continue to pass common-sense energy solutions, I urge the   
   president to reflect on his decisions and swiftly change course to   
   ensure an energy independent future.   
      
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