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Upton Comments on Resources Committee's Effort to Seize Energy and Commerce Jurisdiction
Upton: "We all agree on an 'all of the above' approach to fortify our energy needs, but splitting jurisdiction weakens our hand to fight the EPA and the White House."
Washington, DC,
Nov 18 -
Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, made the following statement today in response to House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings' effort to seize the energy portfolio from the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
"This ill-advised proposition could not come at a worse time and would have dire consequences.
"The current administration has fallen asleep at the wheel in addressing the nation's energy needs and has taken a regulatory path that kills jobs and makes energy more expensive at a time when the nation’s families can least afford it.
"It is imperative to keep the energy and environment portfolio together under the roof of the Energy and Commerce Committee, to ensure we can stop the administration from regulating what they could not legislate. We all agree on an 'all of the above' approach to fortify our energy needs, but splitting jurisdiction weakens our hand to fight the EPA and the White House.
"Such a move would only benefit EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and energy czar Carol Browner at a time when our new majority is well positioned to chart a new course on energy.
"I have contacted our newly-elected leadership team to ensure they understand what a disastrous decision this would be."
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