RSC Republican Study Committee

• Price Statement on Latest Offshore Energy Ban Dec 1, 2010  - Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after the Obama administration reversed course and announced it would renew a ban on offshore drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast through 2017. “Energy development and job creation go... More

• Administration Hints at Lame Duck for National Energy Tax Aug 8, 2010  - Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after President Obama’s Energy Adviser Carol Browner admitted on today’s Meet the Press that the Administration believes a lame duck session of Congress could be an opportunity to pass the Democrats’ national energy... More

• Moratorium Shows Opportunism, Not Competence Jul 12, 2010  - The Obama administration’s first attempt to impose a moratorium on offshore energy exploration was opposed by the White House’s own panel of experts and has been invalidated by two separate federal courts. Today, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reportedly plans to announce yet another job-killing... More

• Don’t Use Gulf Crisis to Cripple the Economy Jun 2, 2010  - Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after President Obama used the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as a jumping off point to push for a National Energy Tax in a speech in Pittsburgh, PA today. “Instead of devoting every possible resource to getting... More

• Obama Administration Lacks Effective Energy-Economic Strategy May 26, 2010  - Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s visit to a solar panel manufacturer in California to speak about the economy. “It’s strange to see the President touting his economic policies in California, which has nearly half a... More

• Price: “Dictating Supply Does Not Generate Demand” May 21, 2010  - Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement in response to the Obama administration’s announced plan to impose new mandates for fuel efficiency on vehicles. For the first time ever, these mandates will reportedly apply to medium and heavy duty trucks as well... More

• Price Statement on EPA Announcement May 14, 2010  - Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a final rule Thursday on the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.  EPA will now require energy producers and manufacturers, under the Clean Air Act, to... More

• What’s in the Democrats’ Energy Plan? May 12, 2010  - Today, Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman will unveil their version of the job-killing National Energy Tax passed by House Democrats last summer. In a bit of coincidental timing, just last week the Congressional Budget Office released a report on what legislation like the House-passed National... More

• Democrats’ Energy Plan Makes No Energy Sense At All May 11, 2010  - Senate Democrats are expected to unveil legislation tomorrow similar to the job-killing National Energy Tax passed by House Democrats last summer. Meanwhile, the Congressional Budget Office recently reported that such policies would lead to job losses and higher unemployment, and some areas of the... More

• Price: President Light Years Away from “All-You-Can-Create” Energy Policy Mar 31, 2010  - Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) issued the following statement in response to the Obama administration’s plan to keep the West Coast off limits to oil and gas drilling while severely limiting energy production on the East Coast. “President Obama’s plan for our energy future... More

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