“We will begin by challenging the accelerated timelines that your agency uses to rush through its policies,” reads the letter. “Because your administration has very little [time] remaining, you refuse to deliberate or halt this ‘discretionary’ action despite the adverse impacts on Americans. If those impacts are irrelevant to your administration, be honest and tell us. Don’t send us your surrogate. Americans have the right to know if their president puts politics over people.”
In the letter, Governor Abbott spotlights how the hurried discretionary redesignation of the Permian Basin for ozone is arbitrary and how the EPA is choosing to stall analysis that would lead to an evidence-based finding contrary to the Biden Administration’s plans. In June, the Governor sent an initial letter to President Biden detailing how EPA plans to impose a discretionary redesignation of the Permian Basin could result in draconian regulations that would interfere with the nation’s most prolific oil field. Rather than respond directly, President Biden had his EPA send a letter reaffirming their plans to attack Texas oil and gas production and jeopardize our nation’s gasoline supply with an arbitrary discretionary redesignation.
The Texas oil and gas industry directly employs more than 422,000 Texans and supports 1.37 million total direct and indirect Texas jobs. Producers in the Permian Basin are responsible for 5.2 million barrels of oil per day, which can be processed into about 95 million gallons of gasoline a day, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Following President Biden’s swearing-in last January, Governor Abbott issued an executive order to protect Texas’ energy industry from federal overreach.
Read the full letter to President Biden.
Source: gov.texas.gov
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated the grand opening of East Penn Manufacturing Company’s new battery finishing and distribution center during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the facility in Temple. Following a tour of the new center with state and local leaders, the Governor remarked on the company’s economic impact for the community and presented East Penn Manufacturing with a 
Council Member Tiffany D. Thomas will host her 2nd Annual District F Career Fair this Saturday, with more than 75 participating employers and resource groups scheduled to attend.
The Houston Astros are a great baseball team. After Tuesday night, they are now the best team in the American League with the No. 1 seed and trail only the Los Angeles Dodgers in all of Major League Baseball, thanks to a win and a New York Yankees loss.
The Texans kicked off their 2022 preseason with a thrilling 17-13 comeback victory over the Saints at NRG Stadium on Saturday night.
TODAY, a Harris County judge denied a bail bond company’s request to block the 10% minimum premium rule passed by the Harris County Bail Bond Board earlier this year. Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia originally proposed this rule. This marks the second court to uphold the rule’s legality. The hearing was argued by Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee and First Assistant County Attorney Jonathan Fombonne.
