Republicans are mining what they hope is a rich vein of public sentiment favoring fossil fuels with a sled of legislation introduced since January that seeks to unbridle domestic oil and gas producers from regulatory restraints allegedly being exploited by the Biden administration in pushing “rush to green energy policies.”
Those proposals include a 17-bill energy package vetted before House panels in Washington and during Texas field hearings—the Unleashing American Energy Act sponsored by Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Ala.), the Stop Trying to Obsessively Vilify Energy Act filed by Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-Mich.), and a mound of other measures matriculating through committees….