WASHINGTON, D.C. - Statement of Republican Policy
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Republican Leader John Boehner
* America Facing Higher Energy Costs, Fewer Jobs Under Dems’ Energy Bill
* Boehner: Dems Exploit Gulf Tragedy for Job-Destroying Tax on American Energy
House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence
* Pence Warns of Democrats’ New Job-Killing Energy Bill
* The CLEAR (Cutting Loose Energy and American Resources) Act
Natural Resources Committee Republicans
* Basic Facts on the CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534)
* Taxation with Plenty of Litigation: CLEAR Act’s $22 Billion Energy Tax Kills American Jobs, Helps Foreign Oil, Costs Taxpayers Billions in Court Fees
* CLEAR Act Includes $30 Billion Mandatory Spending Increase, Entire Amount Open to Earmarks
* Democrats’ CLEAR Act Threatens Millions of Energy Jobs Throughout the Country
* Hastings: Democrats are Using the Oil Spill as an Excuse to Raise Taxes and Increase Spending
* Eliminating Liability Limits Kills Independent Producers Could Cost 300,000 Jobs, $147 Billion in Revenue
* CLEAR Act Exploits Gulf Oil Crisis, Contains Numerous Items Unrelated to Spill
* Democrats’ Offshore Oil Spill Bill Makes Significant Changes to Onshore Energy Leasing
* Federalization in CLEAR Act Usurps States Rights To Regulate Own Waters
* Ocean Zoning in CLEAR Act Kills Jobs Onshore and Offshore
* Democrat Leadership Strips Bipartisan, Independent Oil Spill Commission from CLEAR Act
* White House Continues to Exploit Oil Spill Tragedy to Push Cap-and-Trade National Energy Tax
* Will the Senate Once Again Leave House Dems High and Dry?
Letters
* Americans For Tax Reform: ATR Will Keyvote Against H.R. 3534 (CLEAR Act) in Our Annual Congressional Scorecard
* U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Key Vote Letter Opposing H.R. 3534
* National Association of Manufacturers:
* State of Texas:
* Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission:
