Republicans Make U.S. Energy Production Top Priority With New Legislation

Republicans are set to catapult its energy security agenda in the most critical issue, aiming to unveil legislation on Tuesday designed to boost energy production at home. The Lower Energy Costs Act will be filed as H.R. 1, thereby assigning it the highest priority for this congress. The House expects to pass the package later in March, which focuses on increasing domestic oil and gas production, as well as the production of clean energy.

For the people, the message sent by the package is this: we are making lower energy prices a priority by increasing…