Congressional GQP Clicks Heels For Shitstain's Destruction Of Climate Policy, Energy "Plans"

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Instead, leaving the inauguration ceremony and luncheon, Republicans stood by his quest to “drill, baby, drill,” “be a rich nation again” and cut “escalating energy prices” — rhetoric that echoed many of his early campaign promises nearly a decade ago. “I’m 100 percent with him — he’s exactly right,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), adding of the idea of an energy emergency declaration: “I think it’s more of a point of emphasis than anything, and it may just give him a few more tools to move faster.”

More than a dozen GOP senators told POLITICO’s E&E News they had little detailed insight into the orders, which include increasing domestic oil and gas production, pausing wind leasing, scrapping former President Joe Biden’s climate corps, and halting climate spending from the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, said Monday morning she was not totally clear on all that Trump intended to do, other than to “stop all the spending” and eliminate the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund — “which I’m all for.” Later in the day, Capito added: “I think it’s been a good day. He laid out what he wants to do and how he feels about it. He’s very forthcoming, and he had some bold things in there, but it pretty much reflected what everyone expected in terms of where he wants to go.”

And Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), new chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, was unsure about the particulars surrounding Trump’s emergency declaration but said, “I know that has been a top priority of the president’s — just making sure that we restore energy dominance.” Lee suspected the declaration would try to expedite the approval process for energy projects on federal lands. And he was unbothered by some of Trump’s anti-wind-energy rhetoric, waving off a question about it dividing Republicans, who represent states where the bulk of wind power is generated. “I thought it was that he wasn’t as inclined to push subsidies and push that at the exclusion of other things,” he said. “But I’ll have to go back and look at that again.”

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a big wind defender, said in a statement: “I’m looking forward to working with President Trump and my congressional colleagues to forge a fiscally-sound path forward that bolsters both traditional and alternative energy sources and provides affordable, commonsense energy solutions for Americans.”

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https://www.eenews.net/articles/republicans-fall-in-line-with-trump-energy-orders/