Biden Admin Misses Oil & Gas Lease Deadline

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R‑Tenn., discusses Biden’s energy policy, the Supreme Court’s decision on EPA regulation and fallout over Roe v. Wade reversal. The Biden administration did not give an explanation after it missed its own deadline to plan future oil and gas lease sales Thursday. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland vowed during a Senate hearing on May 19 to issue a legally-mandated program outlining proposed offshore lease sales over the next five years by Thursday. On Wednesday, Interior Department (DOI) spokesperson Melissa Schwartz confirmed the agency was “on track” to issue the plan by Thursday, according to E&E News.FIRST OIL SALES ON PUBLIC LAND UNDER BIDEN NET $22 MILLION FROM ENERGY COMPANIESSchwartz declined to comment on the delay in response to a Fox News Digital inquiry. The White House did not respond to a request for comment. An announcement was slated to take place Thursday, but was pushed back for an unknown reason, administration officials told Reuters on Friday.  Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks during a news conference on July 22, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski / Associated Press) “President Biden is hell-bent on choking off American oil and natural gas production,” Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member John Barrasso, R‑Wyo., told Fox News Digital in a statement. “Now he has failed to follow the law and prepare a final five-year leasing plan by yesterday’s deadline. That means the federal government will not offer any new offshor …