Haaland called on the carpet by fellow Democrat over lack of leasing while Biden works to bring Venezuelan oil to market

Biden Interior Secretary Deb Haaland struggles to explain a memo from HER department calling for the shut down of new oil leases.

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At a Senate hearing recently Democrat Senator Joe Manchin called out Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland over the Administration’s lack of oil and gas leasing. The Rio Grande Foundation has recently noted that Haaland (and by extension the Biden Administration) have expressed great reluctance to expand domestic energy production.

On the other hand, presumably in an attempt to reduce gasoline prices, the Biden Administration has begun eliminating sanctions on oil-rich Venezuela.