House Majority Whip Tom Emmer told Breitbart News in an exclusive comment on Thursday that House Republicans are combatting President Joe Biden’s “war on American energy.”
In an era of global economic and security uncertainty, the punitive natural gas tax is counterproductive because it will lead to at least $6 billion in new taxes and higher energy prices for the American people. Another bill would prevent the White House from placing a moratorium on fracking. Biden had promised during the 2020 presidential election to end fracking on federal lands. The 46th president has since allowed more oil and gas lease sales after a judge blocked Biden’s suspension of new leases on federal lands.