Introducing H.R.1: the Lower Energy Costs Act

Joe Biden is attempting to thread the needle by opening 3 pads of the Willow Oil Field. In order to placate the Democrats' environmentalist base after Willow, Biden shut down or limited drilling in Alaska or in the Arctic Ocean. Meanwhile, House Republicans don't have to thread the needle. They just introduced H.R.1, aka the Lower Energy Costs Act.

The bill seeks to "cut red tape and increase [domestic] energy production." According to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, H.R. 1 seeks to "to cut red tape and increase energy production here at home so we can lower energy costs and stop our dependence on hostile foreign countries for our energy and minerals." The political goal is to highlight the failure of Biden's (and the Democrats') energy policy. Under the Democrats'-Biden watch, gas at the pump reached $5.00 a gallon nationwide for the first time in our nation's history.

This is just a political ploy to get Biden past the 2024 election. The House GOP bill is a serious bill aimed at NEPA permitting reform, increasing oil production, pipelining and refining. In short, it's aimed at restoring U.S. energy policy to energy dominance, not just lower prices and energy independence.

The package specifically takes actions aimed at bolstering fossil fuel production, including making it easier to import and export natural gas, requiring more offshore oil and gas lease sales to be held, bar the president from halting fracking and taking power away from states to reject pipelines and gas export facilities that could impact their waterways. It also mandates that four onshore oil lease sales are held in each of at least nine eligible states each year.
H.R.1 is pretty aggressive. Check this out:
The legislation seeks to repeal climate provisions in the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act, specifically programs that: incentivize the oil and gas industry to cut methane emissions through rewards and penalties, fund climate-friendly projects through the Environmental Protection Agency and raise fees that companies have to pay for drilling on public lands and waters.

For mining, the legislation contains a provision that would require an assessment that includes economic impacts to be conducted before barring mining on certain federal lands.

Steve Scalise explains to Larry Kudlow what's in the Lower Energy Costs Act in this interview:

Democrats insist that 'transitioning' away from fossil fuel vehicles is aspirational. It's nothing of the sort. It's delusional to think that we'll be fossil fuel-free anytime soon. We'll be lucky to stop using fossil fuels within 50-75 years.
The bill also contains provisions aimed at speeding up the approval process for infrastructure projects — known as permitting reform. Specifically the legislation would set time and page limits for environmental reviews and require lawsuits against approved projects to be filed within 120 days.
It's time to stop moving at a snail's pace. It's time to start approving permits faster.

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