WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), issued the following statement in response to President Biden signing an energy executive order.

“President Biden’s latest attack on American energy workers is outrageous and disgraceful,” said Barrasso. “With this action, he’s telling millions of Americans who provide most of the energy we use every day that he thinks they should be thrown out of work. What’s worse, he wants to use the power of the federal government to do it. President Biden’s plan is all about expanding government. He is adding a sustainability czar to the White House and every agency. This is on top of his multiple climate czars. This is not build back better – it’s another backbreaking move to build bigger bureaucracy. America needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy. President Biden’s strategy is to destroy the economies of Wyoming, West Virginia and other energy producing states. We should protect our environment through innovation, not Biden’s enormous bureaucracies and punishing regulations.”

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