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New Speaker McCarthy said….. one of the first orders of business is to get back to the energy policies that make the US energy independent.

Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., said “he hopes ….. to support increased energy production …. on federal lands after he takes the expected gavel of the House Natural Resources Committee in the new year.”

“In September, Westerman introduced a bill that includes a number of provisions which Republicans said would support domestic energy production, including preventing bans on federal energy leasing and mineral withdrawals and creating deadlines for environmental assessments.”

“Westerman added that he anticipates the committee will consider a bill that covers both domestic energy and mineral production and that they are drafting legislation with McCarthy’s office.”

“The U.S. usage of fossil fuels is not going down, we're just getting them from other countries that don't produce them as environmentally friendly and with as good of human rights as what we have here in the United States and the same thing is true about mining and minerals,” said Westerman. 

“With Democrats set to control the Senate and President Joe Biden in the White House there is a limit on what the committee can do, although Westerman said stopping “bad policies” can sometimes be just as important as enacting legislation.”

“Westerman also has plans to conduct “rigorous” oversight of the Biden administration. Prior to the election, Westerman sent a series of letters to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, ….. requesting further information on their rule-making. He also expressed concerns that their actions on a number of environmental regulations may violate the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of West Virginia v. EPA.”

Link to article:

https://rollcall.com/2022/12/01/westerman-wont-be-boxed-in-by-climate-at-natural-resources/





Mrs. Smith