Big Oil’s ‘rush to green’ doesn’t benefit American families

To the American oil and gas community: Enough is enough!

Energy prices were rising long before Russia’s senseless invasion of Ukraine. Yet, America’s oil and gas industry, your industry, has been made the scapegoat by the Democrats for the pain folks are feeling at the pump. The Biden administration’s policies of pausing leases, halting pipeline construction, and imposing burdensome regulations are to blame – not you.

As a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the House of Representatives, I have a front-row seat as political elites detail their plans to eliminate you. In my work on the committee, I frequently meet with your executives and workers, visit job sites and offices, doing everything I can to defend an industry that, right now, far too many Americans take for granted.

I’m not going to name names, but we’ve all seen the TV commercials from “Big Oil” filled with solar panels and green climate messaging about how you are diversifying your portfolio and embracing progressive values.

To be clear, there is nothing inherently wrong with becoming more efficient and environmentally responsible. However, it is curious that oil and gas producers, pipeline companies, LNG exporters, and fossil fuel companies barely mention their actual contribution to America’s economy – getting America’s abundant resources out of the ground and into homes and businesses, vehicles, and products that the American people depend on to live their daily lives. – READ MORE