[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H758]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, the same team that brought America the job-
killing, tax-hiking cap-and-tax legislation appears to be at it again. 
Just last week Representatives Waxman and Markey began committee action 
aimed towards giving the EPA unprecedented power to enact oppressive 
regulations on hydraulic fracturing--the technology that allows 
producers to reach natural gas, which has been proven safe for over 60 
years.
  This action would have a far-reaching negative impact on energy 
producers and consumers alike, particularly in formations such as the 
Haynesville Shale in my district which depends on hydraulic fracturing. 
In 2008, the Haynesville Shale pumped $4.5 billion into Louisiana's 
economy and created over 32,000 jobs.
  Adding additional layers of regulations to hydraulic fracturing would 
not only result in sharp increases in costs to small and independent 
producers, it would dramatically decrease output and job creation. 
Production could grind to a halt and billions of dollars in Federal and 
State revenue would be at risk.
  We need to get away, again, from this crazy scheme.

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