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Arrr, matey! Them scallywags be joinin' the House GOP’s jest, claimin’ Biden's pause be a full-blown cannonade on our black gold!

2024-07-30

Arrr! A motley crew of 50 landlubber lawmakers be demandin’ that Captain Biden swab the decks and heed the judge's decree! They be wantin’ him to hoist the sails on them LNG export permits swift-like, or risk a mutiny on the high seas of politics!

Ahoy, mateys! Gather 'round as I spin ye a yarn of political squabbles on the high seas of energy! A motley crew of over 50 House lawmakers be callin' fer the Biden administration to lift its anchor on new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits, as decreed by a landlubber court order! They claim the Captain's orders be makin' a right mess of U.S. energy, both in the colonies and across the briny deep.

One bold scallywag, House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington from the great state of Texas, be raisin’ his voice, declarin’ that Biden be wagin’ war on the oil and gas industry. He says the courts have scuttled Biden’s ban, yet the crew in charge be ignorin' the Judge's command like a pirate ignores a no trespassin’ sign!

A bunch o’ Democrats joined the fray, arguin' that LNG be “clean and reliable” and brings in doubloons fer American jobs. They be sendin’ a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, urg’in her to hoist the sails on LNG permits, lest the kingdom suffer from a lack o’ energy while our European allies be in a pickle after the ruckus with Russia.

So, the House be dividin' like a ship caught in a storm, with some cheerin' the pause and others raisin' the black flag against it. The seas of politics be tumultuous, me hearties! Yarrr!

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