{"id":48721,"date":"2021-02-09T14:46:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rep-lauren-boebert-introduces-fourth-bill-opposing-bidens-executive-orders\/"},"modified":"2021-02-09T21:46:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:46:43","slug":"rep-lauren-boebert-introduces-fourth-bill-opposing-bidens-executive-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/rep-lauren-boebert-introduces-fourth-bill-opposing-bidens-executive-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Lauren Boebert introduces fourth bill opposing Biden\u2019s executive orders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has four bills in opposition to executive orders signed by President Joe Biden, including her most recent to end a moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal lands.<\/span>J. Scott Applewhite\/Associated Press file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has introduced a bill opposing President Joe Biden\u2019s moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal lands.<\/p>\n

During his first full week in office, Biden signed an executive order aimed at making climate change a central focus in the creation and oversight of U.S. policy domestically and abroad. The executive order also mandated a pause on all new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters until the secretary of the Interior completes a thorough review of federal oil and gas.<\/p>\n

Boebert\u2019s latest bill, the \u201cProtecting American Energy Jobs Act,\u201d is aimed at ending the moratorium.<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe Biden has unilaterally imposed job-killing, anti-energy mandates that are going to crush my district and the people that live within in (sic) it,\u201d Boebert, R-Rifle, said in a statement on her website.<\/p>\n

Boebert\u2019s proposed legislation seeks to nullify two of the president\u2019s executive actions, including one that revokes the presidential permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, and a secretarial order issued by the secretary of the Interior.<\/p>\n

The legislation would also require Congressional approval for actions that prohibit or delay new permits, leases or approvals for oil and gas, coal, hard rock and critical minerals.<\/p>\n

Boebert\u2019s first four bills as a congresswoman have all been in opposition to actions taken by Biden\u2019s executive orders. Her other bills seek to prevent the U.S. from re-entering the Paris climate agreement, overturn Biden\u2019s mask mandate policy and cut off funding to the World Health Organization.<\/p>\n

With a Democratic majority in both the Senate and the House, the four pieces of legislation are unlikely to go anywhere. However, Boebert has been an outspoken critic of Biden\u2019s executive orders on Twitter, and introducing the bills has allowed her to emphasize her displeasure while showing her constituents she is working to thwart his agenda.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Biden wants Congress to work with him, he should work with Congress instead of signing 15 executive orders and 2 executive actions to circumvent us,\u201d Boebert said in a tweet.<\/p>\n

Boebert\u2019s main criticisms of Biden\u2019s pause on oil and gas are that it would take away jobs during the pandemic that has exacerbated unemployment rates, and it would make Americans depend on foreign countries for natural resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no reason the U.S. should become more dependent on volatile foreign sources from countries like Russia, Iraq and Saudi Arabia when we can safely produce these resources right here in America,\u201d Boebert said.<\/p>\n

From the day Biden signed the executive action, the congresswoman has been an outspoken critic of it. Soon after his executive order, she released a statement denouncing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the Biden administration pretends big oil is its target, the reality is it\u2019s the folks in small rural communities that will be hit hardest by today\u2019s indefinite moratorium,\u201d Boebert said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Boebert\u2019s efforts outlined in the bill are backed by other Republican representatives and some heads of Colorado organizations, including Chelsie Miera, executive director of West Slope Colorado Oil and Gas Association.<\/p>\n

\u201cRelinquishing our energy and jobs to foreign nations will harm our economy and hasten the impacts of climate change,\u201d Miera said in a statement. \u201c\u2026 Nearly 30% of Colorado households are energy-burdened and American energy alleviates a further pinch to those families on limited and fixed incomes and small businesses scraping to get by in the wake of the global pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others, including U.S. Rep. and House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs, R-Ariz.; American Exploration & Mining Association President Mark Compton; and Conservatives for Property Rights President Jim Edwards also released statements in support of Boebert\u2019s bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe aggressive assault on our oil, gas, and mining industries comes by unilateral administrative fiat,\u201d Edwards said in a statement. \u201cSuch abuse of power is out of sync with republican self-government. CPR applauds Rep. Boebert for her leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grace George is an intern for The Durango Herald and The Journal in Cortez and a student at American University in Washington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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