Vitter: Authorizing Keystone Should Be a No-Brainer
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding today’s vote in the U.S. Senate to authorize building the Keystone XL pipeline. S. 2280 failed to reach 60 votes in the Senate and was therefore not agreed to.
Read MoreVitter: Final Approval Issued for Cameron LNG Project in Hackberry
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today announced that the Department of Energy is issuing the final authorization approval for the Cameron Liquefaction Project in Hackberry, Louisiana, which will be able to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.
Read MoreVitter Comments on Judge Ruling That BP was Grossly Negligent in Deepwater Horizon
(Metairie, La.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today made the following statement on the U.S. District Court for Eastern District ruling that BP was grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Read MoreVitter Announces Sasol Construction Permit Approved By Corps, Says will be Part of Economic Boom for Southwest Louisiana
(Lake Charles, La.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter today announced that Sasol, an energy and chemical company, has received the necessary permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin constructing their gas-to-liquid (GTL) facility in Calcasieu Parish.
Read MoreSenators Push Administration for Expanded Offshore Drilling in Next 5-Year OCS Leasing Plan
(Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) sent a letter to Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Department of Interior, regarding the Department’s oil and gas leasing plan for 2017 through 2022 on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
Read MoreVitter: Approval for Cameron LNG Project, Great News for Louisiana
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) approval of the Cameron Liquefaction Project in Hackberry, Louisiana.
Read MoreVitter Meets with Coal Miners Concerned About Losing Jobs
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, met today with a group of coal miners who visited the Capitol to protest a hearing on President Obama’s “Climate Action Plan” in the Senate Environment and Public Works committee.
Read More41 Senators Urge President Obama to Withdraw Cap-and-Trade Rule
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), led 41 Senators in a letter to President Obama, asking him to withdraw the Administration’s massive rule to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants.
Read MoreVitter: Cap and Trade is Back with All Pain, No Gain
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement about President Obama’s new regulations on carbon emissions from existing power plants as part of his Climate Action Plan.
Read MoreRepublicans Support Keystone XL Pipeline
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today made the following statement after news that Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the Senate Majority Leader, indicated that he will not allow a vote on the Keystone XL pipeline.
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