House Republicans introduced legislation on Tuesday to make increasing domestic energy production their top legislative priority, saying it will combat rising costs and address national security concerns.
Dubbed the Lower Energy Costs Act and awarded the coveted bill number of H.R. 1, the measure from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise consists of dozens of proposals centered on rolling back environmental regulations to increase fossil fuel production.
The package is unlikely to pass the Democratic-run Senate. Democrats have blasted the proposal as a “polluter giveaway bill to fast-track dirty energy.” In a video statement promoting the GOP energy package, Speaker Kevin McCarthy described the bill as Republicans’ “top legislative priority that has a real shot at becoming law.”
The GOP package would accelerate the approval process for mining and energy projects — renewable and fossil fuel alike; slash environmental regulations; lift restrictions on liquefied natural gas imports and exports; prohibit a ban on the natural gas-drilling practice called fracking; prevent states from blocking interstate energy projects like pipelines; greenlight more oil and gas drilling on federal lands; and repeal billions in natural gas taxes and funds for the Environmental Protection...
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