Biden’s energy policy ‘sends a very dangerous message’ to Texas: George P. Bush

Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush revealed in an interview with “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade that he’s “taking a very serious look” at operating for state legal professional normal and stated he needs to be making his remaining resolution “fairly soon.”

“I’ve been privileged to serve as land commissioner for the last six years, but we need new leadership in this high state-wide executive role,” Bush stated.

The son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush additionally famous that he thinks there may be “nothing extra unifying in Republican Party politics than Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.”

“After a few years of left-wing progressive ideas everyday Americans are going to say, ‘This is enough,’” he continued.

Bush additionally warned that President Biden’s energy insurance policies ship a “very dangerous message” to the state.

“The industry directly employs 400,000 Texans and indirectly employs over a million,” Bush advised Kilmeade. “We will lose 120,000 jobs if the federal lease policy stays in place for the rest of this year alone.”

Bush was referring to one in every of Biden’s energy actions. In a sequence of orders geared toward combating local weather change, President Biden temporarily suspended the issuance of oil and fuel permits on federal lands and waters and cancelled the Keystone XL oil pipeline challenge.

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President Biden revoked the allow for the 1,700-mile pipeline on his first day in workplace, ending a challenge that was anticipated to make use of greater than 11,000 Americans this yr.

In remarks made by Biden in January earlier than signing government actions on tackling local weather change, the president pointed to “a key plank” of his Build Back Better Recovery Plan, which he famous “is building a modern, resilient climate infrastructure and clean energy future that will create millions of good-paying union jobs.”

Laid-off Keystone XL pipeline employee David Campbell advised Kilmeade that he misplaced his job on August 1 and has been with out work for four-and-a-half months.

“We have been actually hoping every thing would choose up as soon as COVID eased off after which we simply type of received slammed within the intestine once more,” Campbell stated.

He added that the ramifications of Biden knocking “out 11,000 jobs [in] the first days in office” are “still being felt in the industry.”

“It’s easy to say just go find another job, but when you’re the head of a household and that other job you’re going to do is going to pay you half as much as what you’re used to, that’s not quite as easy as it sounds,” Campbell continued.

Bush additionally referenced the migrant surge on the southern border impacting Texas, noting that communities “are dealing with this incredible influx of not only unaccompanied children, but illegal immigrants that are coming across.”

“We’re tired of the federal government not stepping up to the plate and accepting their responsibility in this effort,” Bush stated.

Biden has scrapped a variety of former President Trump’s insurance policies, which included having asylum seekers stay in Mexico as a substitute of staying within the U.S. whereas they wait for his or her instances to be heard. The strikes have led to a report surge in migrants, together with unaccompanied minors, that has strained capability at immigration amenities in current weeks.

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A Biden spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to Fox News’ request for remark.