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Since taking office, President Biden has imposed crushing regulations on American energy producers, as well as farmers and foresters, as part of his woke climate agenda. He has essentially eliminated domestic energy production, which has sent American jobs overseas and increased our reliance on foreign adversaries.
Alabama features an abundance of energy resources, including petroleum, coal, natural gas, nuclear, and hydropower. Our state ranks sixth nationally for natural gas energy production, fifth in nuclear power production, and sixth in hydroelectric production. Alabama’s three petroleum refineries—located in Mobile, Tuscaloosa, and Atmore—boast a combined processing capacity of about 142,000 barrels of crude oil per calendar day.
Alabama is also home to 23.1 million acres of forest land, adding over $27 billion annually in economic output to the state and employing thousands of Alabamians. Farmers, foresters, and producers are our original conservationists. They know nature is their business partner and they work to be good stewards of God’s creation. Unfortunately, under the Biden administration, our farmers and producers are being crushed by burdensome climate regulations that are stifling growth.
We can be both energy independent and environmentally-conscious. We need an all-of-the-above approach to energy production. Americans should be able to run their cars, heat their homes, and run their farms without interference from the federal government. That’s why I am fighting back against the Biden administration’s radical climate agenda, which has sent costs soaring and imposed burdensome regulations on our energy producers, farmers, and foresters.
Since taking office, the Biden administration has canceled offshore drilling contracts, delayed drilling permits, halted liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, and drained existing oil reserves. Energy production is especially important to states like ours that are along the Gulf of Mexico. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas each receive a share of royalties from the oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico through the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act (GOMESA). This unique program is a vital part of our Gulf economy and I will continue fighting to make sure that our energy production continues to operate at its full potential.
I successfully challenged the Biden administration over the disastrous Rice’s whale rule, which would have established a 28,000-square-mile protected habitat for the Rice’s whale within the Gulf of Mexico, despite a lack of evidence presenting the need for such a large area. The Biden administration’s proposed rule would have imposed severe restrictions on all vessel traffic, especially in and out of the Port of Mobile, and would have greatly inhibited oil and gas production within the Gulf of Mexico.
The Port of Mobile is the 11th largest port in the nation based on total tonnage, handling more than 55 million tons of international and domestic cargo annually. It provides nearly 313,000 jobs, and generates more than $85 billion in economic value to Alabama each year. I am committed to ensuring that the Port remains an economic powerhouse.
The Biden administration’s war on American energy shows how out-of-touch they are with the financial struggles many Americans are facing. As the administration continues to go after gas-powered stoves and attempts to mandate electric vehicles, costs for American families just keep going up. On top of that, the Biden administration’s burdensome environmental regulations and offshoring of American energy production has caused gas and energy prices to skyrocket. President Biden should be looking for ways to bring costs down—not drive them up.
I support an “all-of-the-above” approach to American energy, including increasing the use of environmentally-safe and affordable nuclear energy.
No one cares more about protecting our land than our farmers, foresters, and producers. Unfortunately, many are being weighed down by unrealistic and unworkable climate regulations by the Biden administration. In order for farmers to continue leading the way in innovation and protection of our valuable natural resources, we need to get government out of the way and allow farmers to do their jobs.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) develops and enforces environmental regulations, which can often place burdensome requirements on farmers that stifle productivity. I’m fighting back to ensure that doesn’t happen, because our farmers, ranchers, and agriculture producers already feel enough pressure without battling government overreach from Washington.
Preserving and promoting our state’s history and rural cultural sites is of top importance to me. That is why I sponsored two pieces of legislation to reauthorize an existing National Heritage Area (NHA) and authorize a new NHA in Alabama.
