The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing Feb. 7 to consider three pending nominations: Laura Daniel-Davis to be the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management; Maria Robinson to be the Assistant Secretary of Energy overseeing the Office of Electricity; and Dr. Joseph DeCarolis to be the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration. During the hearing, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) accused the Biden Administration of “slow walking” the permitting and lease sales for offshore energy production, to the detriment of Mississippi and the nation. “Here we are again talking about the five-year plan and lease sales within the Gulf of Mexico,” she said. “I have never seen such slow walking in my life, to the detriment” of Mississippi. The Biden Administration has been “pleading with Russia and OPEC for oil and natural gas instead of increasing domestic supply,” she retorted, “and we continued to dig ourselves into a huge hole by tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.” The senator has been a consistent critic of Biden’s energy policies to suspend off-shore drilling. In December, Hyde-Smith introduced the Domestic Energy Crisis Relief Act that identifies a series of requirements to be taken to facilitate energy production, create American jobs, strengthen national security, and support energy-producing states. Hyde-Smith is also a primary cosponsor of The Supporting Made in America Renewable and Traditional (SMART) Energy Act (S.3214). (Source: Y’all Politics 02/08/22)
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