
Arkansas AG: Biden green energy plan nothing more than 'hope and a prayer'
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Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge discusses the repercussions of President Biden's energy plans.
LESLIE RUTLEDGE: Essentially, President Biden, with the stroke of a pen, canceled new oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska and Western states -- new oil and gas leases on federal lands and water. Now, this could be extremely detrimental for the independence of America, for the jobs that are lost. And so that's why I joined with Jeff Landry of Louisiana and our 13 other states to make sure that we are protecting the American energy independence. So that way, the Biden ban doesn't just wipe out jobs and energy independence in America. This Biden ban on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and water hurts Arkansas jobs. It hurts jobs across the United States, energy independence because what we have to have is national security. And what we can't have is this green new deal and green jobs that are nothing more than a hope and a prayer. I don't know if Joe Biden and John Kerry came up with these plans on John Kerry's carbon-emitting jet. But they're not working for Americans. They're taking jobs away from Arkansans and American workers."More Related News