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Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sponsored H.R. 21, the so-called Strategic Production Response Act, which would limit the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the Department of Energy (DOE) submits a plan to Congress to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production. In creating this harmful linkage, the bill specifically targets increasing the area leased onshore and offshore for oil and gas drilling, which would threaten our nation’s treasured federal public lands and waters and prolong our dependence on dirty fossil fuels under the guise of promoting energy security. On January 27, the House approved H.R. 21 by a vote of 221-205 (House roll call vote 93). The Senate took no action on this legislation.
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