Higgins to President Biden: 'Your administration must end its predatory stance toward American oil and gas producers'

FILE – Cargo vessels are anchored offshore near oil platforms, before heading into the Los Angeles-Long Beach port on Oct. 5, 2021. The first official federal calculations of the new spending package that President Biden signed show it will slice America’s carbon pollution by more than 1 billion tons by the end of the decade. The new law’s provisions that call for oil and gas leasing on federal land and water “may lead to some increase” in carbon pollution, the federal analysis said. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

by: Seth Linscombe

Posted: Oct 6, 2022 / 03:30 PM EDT

Updated: Oct 6, 2022 / 12:58 PM EDT

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KLFY) – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) sent a letter to President Biden on Wednesday, urging action to increase American oil and gas production.

“Your administration’s energy policies have injured domestic oil and gas production and destroyed American energy independence. Gas prices and utility costs are again rising, and the United States is more susceptible than ever to global market disruptions,” wrote Congressman Higgins.

“Despite your begging foreign dictators to increase production, OPEC+ nations are preparing to cut output by 2 million barrels daily,” continued Congressman Higgins. “You must act now to unleash America’s full production capabilities. Get the federal government out of the way of private industry.”

“We must return to American energy dominance. Your administration must end its predatory stance toward American oil and gas producers,” Congressman Higgins concluded.