One watchdog said the hearing featured 'GOP members regurgitating Big Oil's false talking points while openly advocating for energy policies that favor wealthy executives and shareholders over their own constituents.'
"Even on a day when three of the country's largest oil companies posted a whopping $82.
"We've all heard the slogans: 'Drill baby, drill,' 'energy dominance,' and now 'energy expansion,'" said Rep. Diana DeGette ."But don't be fooled. These policies will not expand our potential for new renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and will only increase our dependence on oil and gas."
"They're nothing more than a giveaway to the oil industry," DeGette said of the House GOP's fossil fuel-centered energy agenda. Rep. Frank Pallone , the top Democrat on the committee, pushed back on the GOP narrative that energy prices are high because the Biden administration is hindering the oil and gas industry's ability to drill—something that climate groups have pressured the administration to do,"Republicans have pushed this idea that somehow Big Oil wanted to pump more but couldn't," said Pallone."In reality, they wanted to keep the price artificially high.
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