Louisiana senators requesting meeting with President Biden over oil, gas moratoriums
La. Senators say Pres. Biden s oil and gas order will kill thousands of jobs By FOX 8 Staff | January 29, 2021 at 9:49 AM CST - Updated January 29 at 4:08 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy joined over 20 Republican lawmakers in requesting a meeting with President Joe Biden.
The senators wrote a letter to the president voicing their concerns about the administrationâs recent executive orders halting new oil and gas drilling.
âAs Senators from states where the energy and resource development sectors have provided good-paying jobs for generations . . . we have been surprised by your immediate actions upon taking office that have targeted hundreds of thousands of these jobs in our states and which run counter to your stated goal of creating good-paying jobs and helping struggling American families,â the senators wrote.
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 25: U.S. President Joe Biden pauses while speaking after signing an executive order related to American manufacturing in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex on January 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden signed an executive order aimed at boosting American manufacturing and strengthening the federal governments Buy American rules. / Drew Angerer/Getty Images
President Joe Biden is facing backlash across the country after he signed an Executive Order last week that canceled the Keystone XL pipeline, a move that also drew criticism from Canada. The move by Biden comes after he signed Executive Orders on a wide range of issues last week during his first days in office, including orders on climate and energy matters.
If there was a honeymoon, itâs over. Less than a week into the administration that isnât Donald Trumpâs, a surprising number of Americans are already regretting his replacement. Within hours of his swearing in, Joe Biden got right to work â alienating core constituencies with his attacks on oil, energy, unions, jobs, and women. Industries that had lined up to support the Democrat were stunned. What happened to the moderate president they were promised? When Biden said heâd unite America, no one knew it would be against him.
Just three days in, the hashtag #BidenRemorse started popping up on social media. By then, the new president had stopped work on the border wall, shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline, and issued an oil and gas moratorium for drilling on federal land â firing tens of thousands of workers in the process. âDeeply disappointedâ was how the head of the North American Building Trade put it, after endorsing Biden in October. â[
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If there was a honeymoon, it s over. Less than a week into the administration that isn t Donald Trump s, a surprising number of Americans are already regretting his replacement. Within hours of his swearing in, Joe Biden got right to work alienating core constituencies with his attacks on oil, energy, unions, jobs, and women.
Industries that had lined up to support the Democrat were stunned. What happened to the moderate president they were promised? When Biden said he d unite America, no one knew it would be against him.