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Why Four Democrats Are Suddenly Regretting Supporting Joe Biden

[Townhall] Democrats were all in for then-candidate Joe Biden. Their goal was simple: get President Donald Trump out of office. They were willing to do anything and everything to make sure that happened. And now, four Texas Democrats are regretting their decision to back Biden. The reason: his latest executive order putting a halt to federal land being leased to oil and gas companies for energy.

The four members of Congress — Reps. Vincente Gonzalez, Lizzie Fletcher, Henry Cuellar, and Marc Veasey — sent a letter to Biden, asking him to rescind the order.

"Media reports indicate that the Administration plans to announce a new proposal to ban responsible energy leasing, including oil and gas leasing, from our federal waters and lands indefinitely," the letter stated. "A federal ban for any period of time will certainly imperil hundreds of thousands of jobs, entire communities, and billions of dollars in royalty revenues to the Federal Treasury and eliminate funding for important conservation programs such as the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)."

The order will result in a GDP loss of $700 billion and the federal government will lose its biggest revenue generator, the letter stated. One of the other concerns they share is America returning to dependence on foreign oil.

According to the members, New Mexico is being disproportionately impacted, predominantly because of its land makeup and lack of income.

"Additionally, New Mexico, a small, poor state that receives a huge portion of their revenue for things like funding Albuquerque schools, will find this rule devastating. Such a rule could also tighten supplies, send heating and cooling bills up, and cause a spike in fuel prices during a pandemic," they explained. "Furthermore, this benefits Big Oil over small independents that did not have the resources to stockpile permits. We should instead work to make sure we create jobs by hiring more inspectors to make sure methane emissions at the well head and other rules that allow for cleaner extraction are taking place."

Posted by Besoeker 2021-01-28 06:50|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Rubes.

Posted by rjschwarz 2021-01-28 10:09|| 2021-01-28 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Angle drilling. Figure it out.

Posted by 49 Pan 2021-01-28 10:09|| 2021-01-28 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Someone needs to laugh in their face for the sheer audacity of their lies. The hand puppet at 1600 read the telepromter saying exactly what was coming and these clowns want to pretend that they were clueless.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2021-01-28 12:51|| 2021-01-28 12:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah, you talk about collusion with Russia. Who do you think will benefit from rising oil prices?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-01-28 12:56|| 2021-01-28 12:56|| Front Page Top

#5 New Mexico, a small, poor state that receives a huge portion of their revenue for things like funding Albuquerque schools, will find this rule devastating.

They could have thought of that before they voted 55% for Biden. And does anyone have any doubt how they will vote in 2024? No sympathy.

Posted by Tom 2021-01-28 14:06|| 2021-01-28 14:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Never think they'll be in the omelet.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-01-28 16:38|| 2021-01-28 16:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Omelet? They're going to be lucky to be the eggshells in the trash can...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-01-28 18:41|| 2021-01-28 18:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Two more Democrats don't really seem to care.

Posted by Andy Noodleman1166 2021-01-28 22:27|| 2021-01-28 22:27|| Front Page Top

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