Republicans unveil effort to remove Biden admin's barriers blocking oil and gas drilling
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House Republicans announced an effort to remove barriers slowing down oil and gas permitting on federal lands and lower gasoline prices for Americans.
"The Biden administration is colluding with Green New Deal extremists to slow down energy leasing, clog up the bureaucratic pipeline, and threaten American energy producers with frivolous lawsuits," Boebert said in a statement to Fox News Digital. Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"My American Energy Act cuts red tape to unleash American energy by extending the term of APDs from two years to four years to reduce unnecessary paperwork, ensuring agencies process permits under a valid existing lease regardless of any unrelated civil action, and by prohibiting activist judges from unilaterally vacating valid energy leases."