California Republicans aren’t fighting Trump’s offshore drilling plan

January 7, 2026

Unlike their colleagues in Florida, California’s congressional Republicans aren’t lining up with their Democratic colleagues to fight against the Trump administration’s offshore drilling proposal.

FILE – This May 16, 2015, file photo shows a service boat carrying workers back to shore from a platform off Seal Beach, Calif. The recent oil spill off California’s coast line has renewed calls to halt drilling off the state’s coast. California has been a leader in restricting offshore oil drilling but it has not been banned completely in state of federal waters. (AP Photo/John Antczak, File)

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