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California lawmakers have approved a comprehensive energy package that includes funding for labor and wildfire prevention, the expansion of a Western electricity grid, and a significant replenishment of the wildfire fund, with some concerns from Central Valley representatives about agricultural funding cuts.
The White House has threatened to veto a House Republicans' energy package, known as H.R. 1, if it makes it to President Biden's desk. The package seeks to bolster fossil fuels, speed up infrastructure projects, and repeal pieces of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act. The White House argues that the legislation would benefit oil and gas companies at the expense of the public and weaken emissions requirements and worker protection for refineries using toxic chemicals. The bill's proponents have said that it contains necessary reforms for bolstering the country's energy projects and improving its infrastructure.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer declared the House Republicans' sweeping energy package, H.R. 1, "dead on arrival" in the Senate, calling it a "partisan, dead-on-arrival and unserious proposal for addressing America's energy needs." The bill would cut down environmental regulations, expand oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters, and repeal parts of Democrats' signature climate law. Schumer's comments highlight the deep divisions between the two chambers as they prepare to work together to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling.