WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft assessment that concluded “Hydraulic fracturing activities have not led to widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources."
“The proof is in the pudding - hydraulic fracturing has been used safely for decades and the latest from EPA today further underscores that point. We all want clean water, and we all want affordable energy, and today the administration confirmed we can have both. The administration should now reconsider the burdensome regulations it intends to place on hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, and should certainly refrain from any notion of broader federal involvement in an issue that states and communities are safely managing. It’s time we embrace our energy abundance and say #Yes2Energy."
