[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9914]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     ALL-OF-THE-ABOVE ENERGY POLICY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Walberg) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, we live in a country that is truly blessed 
with an abundant array of energy resources, yet despite major advances 
in technology in recent years that are allowing us to access even more 
of these energy resources, our country is sadly failing to take 
advantage of these opportunities and is imposing higher costs on all 
Americans.
  My constituents and people across the country continue to struggle to 
keep up with high energy prices. With an average price of nearly $4 for 
a gallon of gas in Michigan, middle class families in my district can't 
understand why the Federal Government can't get serious about 
developing an all-of-the-above energy policy.
  For the past few years, House Republicans have been pursuing an all-
of-the-above energy strategy. We understand that developing our 
resources at home won't only lower energy costs, but it will grow good 
paying American jobs and ease the squeeze on the middle class.
  The House has taken action to immediately ease that pain. In 
February, we passed H.R. 3826, the Electricity Security and 
Affordability Act, to put a check on the President's and the EPA's 
misuse of the Clean Air Act in pursuit of cap-and-trade.
  In March, we passed H.R. 2824, the Preventing Government Waste and 
Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America Act, which would protect coal 
mining from unnecessary, harmful, and useless Federal regulation. We 
need the resources, and our people need these jobs.
  The House will continue standing up for the American people and 
against the President's plans to increase utility costs. This week, I 
proudly cosponsored H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure 
Act, a bill introduced by Chairman Upton of the Energy and Commerce 
Committee, that will remove redtape that interferes with our ability to 
build the necessary infrastructure to move North American energy where 
it is needed most.
  I expect the House will soon consider H.R. 3301 and a number of other 
bills that will lessen the squeeze of high energy prices, while 
protecting and creating new energy jobs that will grow a healthy 
economy and form a framework for all of our middle class and a real 
all-of-the-above energy plan.

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