Comer, Burlison Launch Investigation Into the Detrimental Energy Policies Imposed by the Biden Administration

Americans will continue to endure the consequences of the Green New Deal agenda until President Trump’s new, America First energy policies are fully implemented  

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) are investigating detrimental energy and environmental policies imposed during the Biden Administration that dramatically increased prices and limited choices for all American consumers. In a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the lawmakers stressed the Committee will examine the regulatory costs, bad policies, and veiled special interests that defined the Biden Administration and requested a briefing with each agency to inform potential legislation that will unleash American energy production and put Americans first.

“The Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission—in addition to the newly established National Energy Council and Environmental Advisory Task Force—will serve crucial roles to rectify the damage done by the Biden Administration’s undermining of American energy’s affordability,” wrote the lawmakers. “In 2022, the national average gas price reached a historic high as it soared to more than $5 per gallon. In 2023, residential electricity prices surged by more than six percent, equaling ‘the highest growth registered since the beginning of the century.’  Green New Deal policies wreaked havoc on Americans’ wallets, accelerating the impact of rampant inflation and forcing families to forgo basic necessities in order to pay energy bills. Compounding the effect on consumers was the regulatory blitz purposely deployed by the Biden Administration to create more hurdles for American coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear industries. In 2024 alone, federal agencies recorded $1.4 trillion in net regulatory costs. EPA, by itself, recorded more than $1 trillion in net regulatory costs, DOE recorded $45.7 billion, and DOI recorded $5.1 billion.”

“Accompanying sky-rocketing costs, the American people endured jarring energy policy decision changes designed to force Green New Deal behaviors and limit choices to the detriment of energy suppliers and their customers,” the lawmakers continued. “Under the Biden Administration, DOI, DOE, EPA, and FERC placed Green New Deal priorities ahead of the American people while catering to special interest groups against traditional energy sources.”  

“These unacceptable costs will continue to be borne disproportionally by consumers until new, America First energy policies are fully implemented. The Committee is encouraged by President Donald Trump’s executive orders to end the Biden Administration’s war on American energy. As the Trump Administration returns American energy policies to common sense principles furthering production dominance and affordability for consumers, the Committee seeks your assistance in an examination of the flawed energy legacies of the Biden Administration. To this end, please make arrangements to schedule a briefing with Committee staff on this matter as soon as possible,” concluded the lawmakers.

Read the letters sent to federal agencies here.