House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) released the following statement on the Gulf of Mexico Offshore Lease Sale 257:
“After their radical energy policies have wreaked havoc on our country, the Biden Administration was forced into re-instating this latest offshore lease sale. Offshore energy provides nearly 20% of America’s domestically produced oil and natural gas, and in this time of Democrat-created record high inflation and energy prices, it’s insane this wasn’t done sooner.
“Doubling down on radical Green New Deal policies and continuing to shut down American energy exploration and production is having a devastating impact on American families and small businesses, and in Louisiana, these policies have the added impact of depriving our state of critical coastal restoration funding. House Republicans are committed to stopping President Biden and Speaker Pelosi’s radical agenda and fighting for common-sense energy policies that will utilize our abundant resources to lower prices at the pump, protect our domestic energy production and national security, and create more jobs here at home.”
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