Mitch McConnell today said the U.S. must return to a state of energy independence, saying the Biden administration must 'take the shackles off of domestic production.'
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the U.S. must return to a state of energy independence during an appearance on "Why it matters:earlier this week, McConnell highlighted domestic energy production as a key policy priority in 2023.
"We’re going to do everything we can do to push this administration into domestic energy production," McConnell told Swan."It's really ridiculous. I mean, the administration wants everybody else to produce more except us. They want us to be green and so they're going after our allies in the Middle East asking them to up production," McConnell said Sunday."The administration needs to take the shackles off of domestic production.
But the U.S. did produce more petroleum than it consumed in 2020, and the numbers were essentially in balance in 2021, according to the Energy Information Administration.
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