Senators Demand Commerce Secretary Stop Permitting Delays on Existing Oil and Gas Leases to Boost Production

Cruz, Senators Demand Commerce Secretary Stop Permitting Delays on Existing Oil and Gas Leases to Boost Production

Senator Ted Cruz

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) along with Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Thune (R-S.D.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Roger Wicker (Miss.), James Lankford (Okla.), John Barrasso (Wyo.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) sent a letter to President Biden’s Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo calling for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to quickly issue […]