House Republican leadership touted their Lower Energy Costs Act as a “historic” move toward energy affordability and independence that eco-friendly Democrats would do well to support.
“For those that are supporting—whether its Saudi Arabia, or Venezuela, or Iran—producing more oil, they’re actually hurting the environment because nobody has better standards than the United States of America,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) noted at a March 28 press conference. “I don’t know why Chuck Schumer or anybody else that’s against this bill would want more energy made in countries that don’t have the good standards that we have in America.
