America has a right to know what its government is doing with taxpayer dollars. When officials hide research findings that don’t match their narrative, it damages public trust. Yet too often, bureaucrats believe they know better than the American people.

Something just like this happened at the Department of Energy under the Joe Biden administration. Indeed, a completed government study sat gathering dust for over a year while Biden officials pushed energy policies going in the opposite direction.

Congressional oversight committees repeatedly requested this information. Their inquiries were stonewalled, delayed, and denied.

What the Biden administration hid was explosive: a completed government study showing that increased liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports would NOT increase greenhouse gas emissions or significantly raise consumer prices. These findings directly contradicted the very justification Biden officials used to halt American energy expansion.

The bombshell report, titled “Energy, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of U.S. LNG Exports,” was completed in September 2023 by Energy Department scientists and federal contractors. Yet instead of releasing these findings, the Biden administration buried them. Sound familiar? It’s the same old playbook from people who claim to “follow the science” until the science doesn’t follow them.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer revealed the truth.

“Biden Administration officials, who religiously claimed to ‘follow the science,’ abandoned it to undermine American-made energy production, appease climate activists, and achieve their predetermined outcomes,” Comer said.

The Science Biden Didn’t Want You to See

The report’s conclusions were crystal clear. Across all scenarios studied, increased U.S. natural gas production and exports would not meaningfully change global or American greenhouse gas emissions. Not exactly convenient for the climate alarmist narrative, is it?

Even more damning, the study found that LNG exports wouldn’t trigger the dramatic consumer price increases that Biden officials had publicly warned about. The administration’s entire rationale for pausing new export terminals in January of 2024 was contradicted by their own research.

Rather than face these inconvenient facts, the Biden administration chose to keep Americans in the dark. They repeatedly declined to provide the study to the House Oversight Committee or comply with information requests. Ask yourself: What kind of “transparency” requires congressional subpoenas to uncover government research?

This hidden report takes on greater significance when you consider what was at stake. In 2023, the United States became the world’s largest energy exporter, a position of strength that bolstered both our economy and national security.

American LNG exports were crucial for European allies following Russia’s war in Ukraine, when Putin cut off nearly all natural gas supplies to Europe. The U.S. stepped up, supplying more than 50% of Europe’s LNG needs according to the Energy Information Administration.

Despite this success story, progressive Democrats pressured the administration to scale back American energy dominance. Instead of standing firm with the facts from their own research, Biden officials caved to this pressure and announced a pause on all new LNG export terminals in January of 2024.

Putting America Last

Only after the 2024 presidential election did the Biden administration finally release a different set of data in December of 2024. This later report made vastly different claims, suggesting exports could cause consumer prices to rise by as much as 30% in coming years. Convenient timing, wouldn’t you say?

Industry groups and Republicans immediately criticized this belated study as exaggerated and failing to justify the administration’s 10-month pause on new export facilities. The timing raised serious questions about political manipulation of energy policy.

Thanks to the Trump administration, the American people can now see what was hidden from them. The House Oversight Committee finally received the buried report on Wednesday morning, revealing the truth that had been concealed for political purposes.

When ideology trumps facts, Americans lose. True energy independence requires honest assessment of all available data, not selective disclosure of only what fits a predetermined agenda. As this revealing episode shows, the American people deserve better than bureaucrats who hide inconvenient truths.

Key Takeaways:

• The Biden administration concealed a government study showing LNG exports would not increase emissions or consumer prices.
• This directly contradicted their public justification for halting American energy expansion.
• Government “transparency” and “science-based policy” were sacrificed to appease climate activists, proving ideology trumped national interest.
• Trump administration officials have now revealed the truth, allowing Congress to finally access information that was deliberately withheld.

Source: Fox News