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CHARLESTON U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., took to the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday, criticizing executive orders from President Joe Biden that could negatively affect West Virginia, from the energy industry to schools.
Capito criticized a series of executive orders Biden issued Wednesday to address climate change. One of these orders halts all new oil and natural gas leases on federal property and offshore, as well as a review of all current permits and leases.
“This is an economic energy and national security disaster,” Capito said. “In my view, this order moves America from energy independence back to relying on foreign sources of fuel.
WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., took to the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday criticizing executive orders from President Joe Biden t
President Joe Biden has proved that, if nothing else, he has a pen and a phone.
According to The Economist, he signed more executive orders in his first two days than President Donald Trump signed in nearly his first two months.
And he was just getting started.
Republicans have no standing to complain about Bidenâs spate of unilateral measures, given they were fine with Trump using exactly the same means. But that presidents of both parties govern this way doesnât make it better â it makes it worse.
Some executive actions starkly usurp congressional authority, while others are firmly within the executiveâs ambit. Yet the sheer amount of activity that presidents undertake on their own isnât in keeping with the spirit of our constitutional system.
WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2021 (ENS) – “Today is Climate Day at the White House, which means that today is Jobs Day at the White House,” President Joe Biden told reporters Wednesday morning. “We’re talking about American innovation, American products, American labor. And we’re talking about the health of our families and cleaner water, cleaner air, and cleaner communities. We’re talking about national security and America leading the world in a clean energy future.”
Seven days into his presidency, Biden signed executive orders intended to counter U.S. contributions to the Earth’s rising temperature. Calling climate change a “maximum threat,” the President said, “In my view, we’ve already waited too long to deal with this climate crisis and we can’t wait any longer. We see it with our own eyes, we feel it, we know it in our bones, and it’s time to act.”