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Biden's oil comments spark debate over energy production
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FILE - President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. Biden has sparked a firestorm after saying in his State of the Union address that the United States will need oil “for at least another decade.″ Republicans laughed at Biden’s off-the-cuff remark, which was not in his scripted speech. GOP lawmakers accuse the Democratic president of refusing to accept reality and “living in a green hallucination.″ - photo by AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden sparked a firestorm in energy circles when he said in Tuesday's State of the Union address that the United States will need oil “for at least another decade.″ Republicans in the House chamber laughed in derision at Biden's off-the-cuff remark, which was not in his scripted speech. GOP lawmakers accused the Democratic president of refusing to accept reality and "living in a green hallucination,'' as Montana Sen. Steve Daines put it. "President Biden implied tonight America would not produce oil beyond the next decade.