FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 10, 2006
CONTACT: Jamie Loftus
SENATOR HUTCHISON DELIVERS REMARKS AT WEST TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT
SAN ANGELO, TX -- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today delivered remarks on the nation’s energy future to a group of elected officials, community leaders and business owners at the West Texas Legislative Summit.
“When we chart our nation’s energy future, our top objectives must be increasing our domestic sources of energy and developing alternative and renewable sources of energy,” Sen Hutchison said. “Wind and alternative sources of energy, including ethanol biomass hold great potential for the future and West Texas is leading our alternative energy development on a national scale.”
Sen. Hutchison discussed the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 which the Senate passed in July. The legislation opens 8.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, The area contains over 1.2 billion barrels of oil and 5.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Sen. Hutchison also discussed West Texas’ unique role in our nation’s energy development, including its nationally recognized wind energy development and the UT Permian Basin nuclear test reactor project. The project will make UTPB the only university test facility for nuclear fuel.
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