WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) issued the following statement in response to the administration’s plan to have the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulate methane emissions from existing oil and natural gas sources.
“We should be celebrating American-made energy, not regulating it into oblivion. We are a nation blessed with abundant and affordable energy, and through American ingenuity, we’ve been able to create more efficient ways to extract oil and natural gas, increase safety, and modernize our energy infrastructure for the 21st century. That’s good news," said Upton, Whitfield, and Shimkus. “But this fanatical pursuit of regulations will have real costs to innovation, job growth, and affordable energy. It is not fair for America’s working families to be collateral damage in the administration’s effort to meet commitments for a Paris climate deal that is not legally binding." See Also
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