WEEKLY UPDATE ON WESTERN CAUCUS MEMBERS TAKING ACTION FOR RURAL AMERICA
ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER POLICY BATTLE
Welcome to 2024! We hope you all had a lovely holiday season and are adjusting well to the new year. WCF is hitting the ground running with events, and we hope to see you in-person or at a Digital Connect in the next few weeks.
With another week, another fight for use of our abundant natural resources persists.
President Biden is facing significant pressure from some Democrats and climate groups to choke liquified natural gas (LNG) exports. This is just after the U.S. ended 2023 with record-breaking LNG production..
LNG accounts for more than 10% of the nation’s natural gas production and 6% of our total exports. LNG is 600 times more efficient than your typical natural gas and is vital for cooking, heating homes, and generating electricity.
Read more about America’s next big energy fight below.
FIRST EVENTS OF 2024
The Congressional and Senate Western Caucuses hosted the first joint Staff Briefing of 2024 on Tuesday of this week where Council for a Secure America spoke to staffers about the importance of domestic energy independence in light of the Israel-Hamas War.
WCF was glad to welcome Tellurian Inc. and Sempra to the first first Bicameral Staff Policy Breakfast of 2024 to speak on the benefits of LNG for the environment and our national security to House and Senate staffers.
LUMMIS, CAPITO ESA OP-ED
Senate Western Caucus Chair Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and member Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) recently were featured in a op-ed in the Washington Examiner op-ed highlighting the shortcomings of the Endangered Species Act and proposed a thorough roadmap for its improvement.
SEN. CHUCK GRASSLEY JOINS
THE SENATE WESTERN CAUCUS
WCF would like to welcome Senator Chuck Grassley to the Senate Western Caucus!
The Senate Western Caucus announced this addition on X Social Media stating that “Senator Grassley’s wealth of knowledge will be a key asset in our efforts to combat the Biden administration’s overreach and fight for the west in Washington.”
