House Natural Resources Republicans and industry executives expounded on the merits of ramping up offshore drilling during a committee hearing Tuesday. Democrats on the panel just weren’t buying it.
The Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee hearing comes as Republicans are mulling how to scale up energy production in a budget reconciliation bill after years of promising to “unleash American energy.”
Republicans won control of Congress and the White House in part due to rampant inflation that plagued the globe after the Covid-19 pandemic. They’ve repeatedly made the case that producing more energy — particularly oil and gas — will bring down costs across the board.
“Thankfully, the radical left wing and energy policies of the Biden administration have come to an end as the American public saw through the lies. They voted for energy dominance, not bureaucratic red tape, and that’s exactly what we’re going to restore,” said subcommittee Chair Pete Stauber (D-Minn.).
