Key Votes YES on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131, and S.J. Res. 80

The American Energy Alliance supports H.J. Res. 130, providing for congressional disapproval of a certain resource management plan in Wyoming; H.J. Res. 131, providing for congressional disapproval of a BLM leasing plan for the Alaska coastal plain; and S.J. Res. 80, providing for congressional disapproval of a BLM resource plan for the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

All three of these BLM decisions sought to shut down energy development on federal lands in pursuit of the Biden administration’s radical environmental goals and contrary to the will of Congress. Both the National Petroleum Reserve and the Alaska coastal plain were specifically set aside for oil and gas development by Congress. Federal lands in the Powder River Basin have been developed as part of Congress’s directive that federal lands be open for energy exploration and production.

These restrictive BLM plans reflect the priorities of radical environmentalists in Washington, DC, not the actual states and communities being harmed. They should never have been finalized in the first place and Congress is right to reverse these draconian restrictions.

YES votes on H.J. Res. 130, H.J. Res. 131 and S.J. Res 80 are votes in support of free markets and affordable energy. AEA will include these votes in its American Energy Scorecard.