Alan Lowenthal: “We start this letter by offering our sincere thanks to you and your staff for all the work that you have done to help…”

Congress has worked with the Biden administration to achieve major policy victories and invest in clean energy.

As such, building even one new oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico will deepen the climate crisis, disproportionately imperiling low-income communities and communities of color in the process.

I, too, wish to send my condolences to the families of those that died in the tragic accident in Santa Barbara.

To protect the nation from catastrophic climate impacts, and to ensure this administration continues to meet its historic commitments to environmental and racial justice, we urge you to immediately reject the bids or suspend the offshore…