Biden is empowering our adversaries by opposing US energy and restricting Liquid Natural Gas exports
Dem lawmakers wage war on Big Oil while Trump promises energy independence
American Petroleum Institute CEO Mike Sommers joins ‘Fox & Friends’ to comment on the American energy industry before the November election.
Around the world, America is in retreat. Recognizing weakness, our enemies are emboldened and taking advantage of the vacuum of leadership in the Oval Office. The Russia-China-Iran axis seeks to undermine U.S.-led alliances and weaken American security. These regimes seek to collapse the confidence of societies that value freedom and national self-determination.
Ukraine is in a fight for its survival against an expansionist Russia that despises the West. China has clear goals of achieving technological supremacy over the West in artificial intelligence and other areas. Iran directly attacks Israel, and its proxies attack the United States and threaten global shipping.
I was glad to see Congress approve critical military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. However, charting a true course for American peace and security requires more than just military aid and preparedness: America’s strength abroad begins at home. And an essential component of that is energy.
Instead of supporting our economy and allies with domestic energy, the Biden administration is empowering America’s adversaries by stopping the future export of American liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The Biden administration is fighting against American energy, especially Liquid Natural Gas. FILE: The Asia Vision LNG carrier ship sits docked at the Cheniere Energy Inc. terminal in this aerial photograph taken over Sabine Pass, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016. (Lindsey Janies/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
When viable, shovel-ready projects, such as CP2 LNG in Louisiana, are needlessly being delayed by the administration’s illegal export moratorium, our adversaries cash in. For Russia alone, this will be a stimulus to the tune of billions of dollars to line Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pockets. By the same token, Iran will use the financial boost to undermine Israel and the United States.
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While President Joe Biden delivers an energy victory to Putin by hamstringing U.S. exporters, he is also helping Beijing gain ground in the race for superiority in artificial intelligence, or AI. As the Wall Street Journal recently reported, America does not have enough energy to power planned investments in advanced manufacturing, cloud computing and AI. While the Biden administration touts these investments, its anti-energy policies set them up for failure.
Biden’s LNG export ban is just one example of recent attacks on American energy. There are plenty more. Consider his EPA’s revival of the failed Obama Clean Power Plan, a disastrous climate-change policy designed to close power plants that run 24-hours, 7-days a week, —threatening blackouts across the country.
Or Biden’s nomination of climate extremist Judy Chang, who will move the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the agency responsible for approving major energy projects, to the far-left.
Meanwhile, Biden ally and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has killed any hope this year for reforming America’s broken permitting process, which could have created thousands of jobs and expanded American energy production.
Does anyone really believe that Russia, China, or Iran will temper their ambitions over Biden’s ill-advised concerns for the climate? Of course not. They will view Biden’s self-destructive policies as an opportunity to exploit America’s economic malaise and retreat from global energy markets.
A strong American president would encourage American LNG exporters and leverage our energy resources to help the United States prevail over our adversaries and remove obstacles to domestic energy generation needed to meet the AI moment. Unfortunately, the current administration refuses to do either. It’s well past time for Biden to end his disastrous policies, unleash America’s innovators, and put Russia, China and Iran out of business.
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Mike Pompeo served in the Trump administration as the sixth director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the 70th U.S. secretary of state. He previously represented Kansas’ 4th Congressional District.
