Republicans Propose Responsible Energy Legislation

Recently, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll found that Congress has an approval rating of 13%, the lowest ever.  The American people are frustrated with the lack of results from the Democrat-controlled Congress.  The pollster explains that the American people want Congress to step up and find real solutions to the rising cost of gas, but they “sense that Congress has not done so”.  

The Democrats did propose a windfall profits tax, the same tax the Wall Street Journal said would result in “a substantial reduction in domestic oil production (about 5%), thus raising the price of gas at the pump; and a 10% increase in U.S. reliance on foreign oil.”  During these hard times we cannot afford policies that actually raise the price of gas.  

The House Republicans have proposed responsible legislation that pushes “for more U.S. oil and gas drilling”.  House Minority Leader John Boehner vowed that the Republicans “will fight for this issue every single day”.  Republicans have reached across party lines and met the Democrats half way on energy conservation and moving towards alternative fuels, but the Democrats are more interested in playing politics than governing. 

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