WASHINGTON, DC — This week, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) welcomed Maria Bartiromo to the Permian Basin to showcase the region that powers America, and to discuss how it became the largest, safest, and most secure source of oil and gas in the country. A preview of their visit aired this morning on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News.
Watch it HERE or by clicking the image below, and be sure to tune into Mornings with Maria tomorrow morning at 8 am ET / 7 am CT for the full interview.
In the preview, Rep. Pfluger highlighted the Permian Basin as the "crown jewel" of energy production in America and emphasized how, under President Biden, this region suffered from anti-energy policies.
"I think the most important thing to tell people about the Permian Basin is that we've never endured a harder cycle than the last four years, when we had a hostile administration, the Biden administration, that really wanted to kill this industry, that wanted to kill the crown jewel of energy production in the United States. And I took this personally as I represent the men and women who do this work. I mean, they drained the SPR for political reasons. They taxed natural gas. They magically found a number of endangered species, animals that people have never heard of. They attempted to impose overbearing air quality regulations. They attempted to impose a fracking ban, and they actually banned the export of LNG to our allies and our partners around the world."
