Washington, D.C. - As a possible government shutdown looms, the Interior Department took the opportunity today to announce their plans to “phase down” oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico. President Biden’s administration proudly declared the new 5-year plan is the “fewest oil and gas lease sales in history” that would allow them to expand controversial offshore wind developments.

“Joe Biden can continue to blame foreign powers for the price of gas all he wants, but he hasn’t appointed Putin or the Saudi Prince to a cabinet position…yet,” said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director for Power The Future. “Our families are suffering under terrible prices brought on by Biden’s energy policies and all his administration can do is brag about how much they’re hurting American energy production.”

The current price for oil is hovering around $90 a barrel, the highest since August 2022 and nearly $40 higher than when President Biden took office.

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