Arrington, Cruz file bills to reverse offshore drilling ban

House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) last Thursday introduced legislation to reverse President Biden’s ban on offshore oil and gas drilling.The bill would nullify the Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.On Jan. 6, President Biden issued two Presidential procla...

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