GOP lawmakers unleash proposal to reverse Biden's 'ill-informed' policies crippling crucial industry

"Former President Biden spent four years fulfilling his promise to kill the fossil fuel industry one horrible policy at a time - including listing the dunes sagebrush lizard under the Endangered Species Act, a direct attack on our hard-working men and women in the energy sector," Pfluger said in a statement.

"This listing, along with many others, was completely misguided and repudiates significant private conservation efforts in West Texas," he added.

"Reversing these listing would recognize the success of local conservation efforts and restore regulatory certainty for the communities and industries that depend on access to these lands," the letter states.

The service added the dunes sagebrush lizard to the list in May 2024, and the lesser prairie chicken was listed in 2022.

"From day one, President Biden used every tool in his toolbox to trample on the livelihoods of America's energy and agricultural producers," the Republican lawmaker said in a statement.

"His administration continuously ignored the facts on the ground and decided federal bureaucrats were better equipped to manage these populations than local citizens. Our bill restores power back to the local communities most impacted by these decisions and removes the regulatory handcuffs put on them by the Biden Administration. We look forward to working with President Trump and Secretary Burgum to reverse these ill-informed listings and unleash the American energy dominance 77 million Americans voted for this past November."