Congressman Bill Cassidy

Representing the 6th District of LOUISIANA

Energy and Gas Prices

America’s energy security depends on a balanced, comprehensive energy policy.  We must increase production of America’s vast energy resources, improve conservation, and invest in the energy technologies of the future, like solar power, biofuels, and ultra-efficient vehicles.

Louisiana is the largest crude oil producing state in the United States and ranks second in natural gas production.  As a member of the House of Energy and Commerce Committee, Dr. Cassidy is advancing Louisiana’s energy agenda, which is critical to growing Louisiana’s economy and creating jobs.

On the Energy and Commerce Committee, Dr. Cassidy is working to bring down prices at the pump and promote energy independence thereby improving our national security.

In addition to responsibly utilizing Louisiana’s energy resources, he supports lifting the ban on offshore energy production, recovering oil shale in the Western United States, opening part of the Alaskan frontier to energy exploration, and increasing domestic refinery capacity to improve America’s long-term energy security.  Energy independence is essential to America’s long term growth and security.

 

More on Energy and Gas Prices

Nov 26, 2014 Press Release

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) denounced the Obama Administration for issuing new EPA regulations that would lower the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone in the U.S. from 75 parts per billion to 65 to 70 parts per billion (ppb). 

Nov 13, 2014 Press Release
Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) responded to a letter sent by Senators Landrieu, Donnelly, Manchin and Heitkamp regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone.
Nov 12, 2014 Press Release
Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced that he introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
Oct 14, 2014 Press Release
Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Interim Final Rule under the Resources and Ecosystem Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE) Act, is now effective.
Oct 6, 2014 Press Release
Today, Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) are urging Senator Mary Landrieu, Chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, to push back on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone.
Sep 19, 2014 Press Release
Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) denounced President Obama and his allies in Congress for delaying authorization of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Sep 19, 2014 Press Release
Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) applauded the House of Representatives for passing the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs Act.
Sep 10, 2014 Press Release
Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) commented on the Department of Energy’s announcement that is issuing its final authorization approval for the Cameron Liquefaction Project in Hackberry, Louisiana.
Sep 9, 2014 Press Release
Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) applauded the passage of the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act, H.R. 5078, to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers from developing or implementing a proposed rule to redefine “waters of the United States,” broadening their regulation of waters and wetlands under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Aug 22, 2014 Press Release
Today, Congressman Bill Cassidy joined Senator David Vitter and Congressman Charles Boustany at a Senate Environmental and Public Works (EPW) committee field briefing in Lake Charles.