President Joe Biden’s decision to release up to 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an abuse aimed at using the world’s largest such resource to protect vulnerable Democrats from voter wrath over high gas prices. That’s the view of a host of congressional Republicans reacting to the Chief…
Republicans Blast Biden’s Latest Oil Reserve Release; Vocal Support Among Democrats is Sparse
Barrasso, Ernst Say Energy Watchdog to Probe Battery Technology Transfer to Chinese
Federal officials at the Department of Energy (DoE) may soon have to explain the government’s “illicit transfer of a $15 million, taxpayer-funded advanced battery technology” developed by a U.S. laboratory to a Chinese firm. Teri Donaldson, the department’s inspector general, confirmed to senators John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in an October 5 letter…
GOPers’ Bill Tells US National Labs to Polygraph Green Card-less Chinese, Russian Applicants
Two Republican senators introduced legislation on July 29 requiring the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Laboratories to administer intelligence-grade polygraph tests to all applicants from nations on the State Department’s “Countries of Particular Concern” list and who lack green cards. The as-yet untitled legislative proposal, S. 4634, is co-sponsored by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and…
Sen. Barrasso Wants Details of the Financial and Environmental Cost of Sending Biden Administration to Climate Summit
A top Republican senator is demanding answers from the Biden administration about the White House’s decision to send a large number of administration officials to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Scotland at taxpayers’ expense. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) sent a letter to eight agency heads including to Biden’s Energy Secretary Jennifer…
Sen. Barrasso: GOP Focused on Making Biden a ‘Half-Term President’
The third-ranking member in the Senate Republican leadership said last week that his party wants to make sure President Joe Biden is a “one-half-term president” by reclaiming majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate in 2022. Senate Republican Conference Chair John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) made the statement at an event hosted by the conservative…
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