President Biden would veto a bill being pushed by House Republicans that would limit his ability to draw from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the White House said Monday.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said that Biden would veto a bill by House Republicans that would prohibit releasing oil from the strategic petroleum reserve without hiking domestic production.would veto a bill being pushed by House Republicans that would limit his ability to draw from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve .
The bill, the Strategic Production Response Act, calls for increasing domestic oil and gas production on federal lands to offset any future drawdowns from the reserve, which reached its"If Congress were to pass H.R. 21, the president would veto it," Granholm said at a White House press briefing on Monday. "He will not allow the American people to suffer because of the backwards agenda that House Republicans are advancing.
FILE - A contractor works on a crude oil pipeline infrastructure at the U.S. Department of Energy's Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas.and energy companies for spikes in gas prices over the last year, Republicans have keyed in on the administration's domestic energy policies. earlier this month that found the Keystone XL project, which Biden canceled in January 2021 upon taking office, would have had a positive economic impact of between $3.4-9.
House Republicans are expected to vote on the Strategic Production Response Act this week, but the bill faces an uphill battle in the Democrat-controlled Senate. WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 02: U.S. President Biden returns to the White House on January 02, 2023, in Washington, DC. President Biden is returning from his holiday vacation in St. Croix.
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