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Boehner Statement on Rahall Anti-Energy Bill
GOP Leader: “Democrats continue
to push job-killing legislation that would hamstring American
energy production and undermine job creation”
9/16/09 House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today criticized
a flawed energy bill (H.R. 3534) sponsored by House Natural
Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV), which Interior
Secretary Ken Salazar will testify about today. Boehner
issued the following statement:
“Middle-class families and small
businesses are struggling and our economy is shedding jobs, yet
Democrats continue to push job-killing legislation that would
hamstring environmentally-safe energy production and undermine
job creation. Instead of pursuing an ‘all-of-the-above’
strategy to promote more American energy production, Chairman
Rahall’s bill would increase taxes, raises fees, expand
government bureaucracy, and postpone production of wind, solar,
oil and natural gas. The end result is fewer American jobs
and greater dependence on foreign oil.
“The Democrats’ push for this bill is
particularly troubling because it comes just weeks after they
rammed through Speaker Pelosi’s ‘cap-and-trade’ national energy
tax – legislation that will increase electricity bills, raise
prices at the pump, and ship more American jobs overseas to
places like China and India. Republicans believe there is
a better way. Our American Energy Act is the fastest route
to a cleaner, more reliable and secure energy future. By
increasing environmentally-safe energy production, using proven
21st century technologies, promoting alternatives like nuclear
and clean-coal technologies, and encouraging increased
efficiency, our bill will create more jobs, lower energy costs,
and clean up our air and water.”
NOTE: The House GOP's
American Energy Act would increase environmentally-safe
energy production on remote lands and far off our shores;
promote the use of alternative fuels that will reduce carbon
emissions, such as nuclear, clean-coal, and renewable energy
technologies; and encourage conservation to preserve and protect
our natural resources. It would also establish a renewable
energy trust fund that would use revenues generated through
increased American energy production to support innovation in
renewable and alternative energy sources, like wind and solar
technologies.
