[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 635 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 635

   Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Mr. Al 
  Armendariz, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator for South 
 Central Region (Region 6), is not suitable to secure domestic energy 
         development, and, therefore should immediately resign.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2012

  Mr. Landry (for himself and Mr. Farenthold) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 
and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
  Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Mr. Al 
  Armendariz, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator for South 
 Central Region (Region 6), is not suitable to secure domestic energy 
         development, and, therefore should immediately resign.

Whereas the oil and gas industry is, has been, and will continue to be a vital 
        economic engine for the United States;
Whereas it is not the place of the Environmental Protection Agency and its 
        officials to use pejorative language against the oil and gas industry;
Whereas the Administration should cooperatively foster responsible and 
        prosperous energy development;
Whereas the oil and gas industry supports 9,200,000 United States jobs and 
        contributes more than $1,000,000,000,000 to the United States economy;
Whereas the loss of these jobs and reduction in economic activity would 
        devastate the security of the United States;
Whereas Mr. Al Armendariz's remarks and disdain for the oil and gas industry 
        injures the United States domestic energy development and is 
        disrespectful to those hardworking men and women of the industry;
Whereas Mr. Al Armendariz was appointed by President Barack Obama on November 5, 
        2009, as the Regional Administrator for EPA's Region 6 office in Dallas, 
        Texas;
Whereas in 2010, Mr. Al Armendariz said, ``Oil and gas is an enforcement 
        priority, it's one of seven, so we are going to spend a fair amount of 
        time looking at oil and gas production.'';
Whereas in 2010, Mr. Al Armendariz said, ``I was in a meeting once and I gave an 
        analogy to my staff . . . the Romans used to conquer little villages in 
        the Mediterranean. They'd go into a little Turkish town somewhere, 
        they'd find the first five guys they saw and they would crucify them. 
        And then you know that town was really easy to manage for the next few 
        years.'';
Whereas in 2010, Mr. Al Armendariz said, ``And so you make examples out of 
        people who are in this case not compliant with the law. Find people who 
        are not compliant with the law, and you hit them as hard as you can and 
        you make examples out of them, and there is a deterrent effect there.'';
Whereas in 2010, Mr. Al Armendariz said, ``And, companies that are smart see 
        that, they don't want to play that game, and they decide at that point 
        that it's time to clean up.'';
Whereas in 2010, Mr. Al Armendariz said, ``And, that won't happen unless you 
        have somebody out there making examples of people. So you go out, you 
        look at an industry, you find people violating the law, you go 
        aggressively after them. And we do have some pretty effective 
        enforcement tools. Compliance can get very high, very, very quickly.'';
Whereas in 2010, Mr. Al Armendariz said, ``That's what these companies respond 
        to is both their public image but also financial pressure. So you put 
        some financial pressure on a company, you get other people in that 
        industry to clean up very quickly.''; and
Whereas in 2010, Mr. Al Armendariz said, ``So, that's our general philosophy'': 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Congress considers Mr. Al Armendariz, Environmental Protection Agency 
Administrator for South Central Region (Region 6), to be not suitable 
to secure domestic energy development, and, therefore, should 
immediately resign.
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