Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Railroad Commission chairman Wayne Christian asked President Joe Biden to “get out of the way” and “give the green light” respectively, so Texas oil can lead the way. “Texas can drill enough oil and natural gas to keep prices low here in America and in Europe if Biden would get out of the way,” Abbott tweeted on Feb. 24 as the war in Ukraine ramped up, and Russian oil slowly became a target for sanctions by the United States and its Western allies. Christian concurred three weeks later in a post on the commission’s website on March 18, 10 days after Biden banned the import of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal to the United States, and suspected war crimes in Ukraine were coming into focus. “The Lone Star State is ready to meet U.S. energy needs,” he wrote, “and help our European …
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