Wholesale inflation rose 1% in January and is up 9.7% over the past year – a near-record. This steep increase was at least double what Wall Street predicted. In fact, according to the Wall Street Journal: “Some 73% of the items saw annual price rises of 3% or higher in January, and some 55% of … Continue reading American Farmers Suffering the Most Under Bidenflation
Category: Environment
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), blasted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for ignoring the deadline to announce onshore oil and gas lease sales for the first quarter of this year. “The Biden administration continues to defy the courts and the law,” said … Continue reading BLM Ignores Deadline, Refuses to Hold Onshore Oil & Gas Lease Sales
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor about the need to produce more American energy. Barrasso is ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR). Senator Barrasso’s excerpts: “I come to the floor today to specifically talk about Americans’ need for more American energy. “For … Continue reading Barrasso: There’s Only One Solution for High Energy Prices, Produce More American Energy
U.S. Senator Steve Daines sent a letter to the Biden administration demanding answers about the now outstanding Keystone XL Pipeline jobs loss report, which was due to Congress on Sunday, February 13th, 2022. “At the time of its closure, the Keystone XL Pipeline project was already under construction and employed more than 1,500 workers. By … Continue reading Biden flouts federal law requiring him to report on job losses from his Keystone cancellation
U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., joined U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) and the entire Senate Republican Conference in a letter urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to suspend the pending rulemaking to redefine the scope of waters protected under the Clean Water … Continue reading Barrasso and Lummis Join Fight to Stop WOTUS Overreach
This week Politico published an article outlining allegations of inappropriate behavior by Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Director Eric Lander. The article references an internal investigation conducted by the White House and disciplinary measures taken in response to the finding that Dr. Lander violated the Executive Office of the President’s Safe and Respectful Workplace Policy. … Continue reading Dem and GOP House leaders demand details on abuse and misconduct by Biden climate adviser
Below are Ranking Member Comer’s remarks as prepared for delivery. Thank you, Chairwoman Maloney. I thank the witnesses for their willingness to testify before the Committee today. It is unfortunate that Chairwoman Maloney refuses to hold a hearing on the skyrocketing energy prices impacting all Americans. In November we wrote Chairwoman Maloney to request a … Continue reading Comer: Democrats Ignore Skyrocketing Energy Costs Facing Americans
Below are Ranking Member Norman’s remarks as prepared for delivery. Thank you, Chairwoman Maloney. I must say — I am truly baffled to be sitting here again to participate in a hearing that has one singular goal. Do you know what that goal is? To put oil and gas companies out of business forever. At … Continue reading Norman: Democrats plotting to put American oil and gas employers out of business forever
Vice-Chairwoman Lauren Boebert joined Chairman of the Western Caucus Dan Newhouse, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Natural Resources Bruce Westerman, and 20 additional Members of Congress in sending a letter to Interior Secretary Haaland urging an extension of the public comment period to ensure local stakeholders have a voice in any amendments the … Continue reading Boebert Stands up for Property Rights and Calls for Increased Local Input on Sage-Grouse Landgrab Policies
U.S. Senate Banking Committee Republican staff today released a staff report highlighting Sarah Bloom Raskin’s, President Biden’s nominee for Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve (the Fed), prior statements on how financial regulation should be “reimagined” to save us from an “unlivably hot planet.” The staff report—Sarah Bloom Raskin In Her Own Words: “Reimagining” Financial … Continue reading Unhinged Biden nominee believes Fed must shut down oil companies to stop ‘unlivably hot planet’