Reps. Keller & Newhouse: Biden's 1970s energy policy – he's making us more dependent on foreign energy sources

As if stepping into a time machine, Americans last month were rocked with growing inflation, rising consumer prices, stagnating unemployment numbers, and long lines at the gas pump reminiscent of the days of the Carter administration. If Blondie was on the radio, you’d think it was 1979 all over again.

On May 7, 2021, a cybersecurity breach in the now-famous Colonial Pipeline crippled the American energy supply chain for several days – leading to fuel shortages up and down the East Coast and leaving many of us wondering: how could this happen again? The best path forward for American energy is also the simplest: Invest in critical infrastructure like pipelines and refineries, harden our grid against future cyberattacks, and create a regulatory environment that cultivates innovation without dismantling the energy framework on which our country relies. To answer that question, we need only look back to President Biden’s first actions upon taking office.