Energy
We want more: Exploring and developing our domestic and friendly foreign sources is the key priority.
Our country’s economy and national security future hinge upon our ability to maintain and develop afford energy sources. Without our own reliable and consistent source of energy, we remain reliable on others to power our homes, businesses, farms, and cars.
Our energy resources are vast, yet much remains undeveloped and underutilized due to Washington restrictions and political controls. Whether it is their continued attacks on coal and all fossil fuels, their prohibitions on drilling offshore or on federal lands, the President’s single-handed decision to stop the importation of Canadian oil through the proposed Keystone pipeline, bureaucrats (particularly at the EPA) and liberal politicians simply oppose energy development and the tens and thousands of jobs that come with it.
Instead, I support an “all-of-the-above” strategy for energy. This includes exploration and private development of fossil fuels and viable, cost-effective alternative forms of energy such as wind, biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel, and nuclear energy. Washington should not be restricting the fuel choices of Americans, so I have co-sponsored legislation to end all special interest energy subsidies.
More on Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act, and H.R. 4, the Jobs for America Act.
The American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act includes bills to grow our domestic supply of energy and put more people to work doing it. Among other things, it approves the Keystone Pipeline, gives states the authority to move forward with hydraulic fracturing, expedites exports of liquefied natural gas, and expands domestic exploration for oil and gas.
Topeka Capital-Journal: Huelskamp frustrated by stall tactics on Sunflower plant
August 3, 2013
U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp serves on the front lines of the extraordinary battle over the fate of a proposed $2.8 billion coal-fired electric plant earmarked for the remote community of Holcomb within his congressional district.
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IRS Incompetence
In addition to the targeting of conservatives, the IRS demonstrated incompetence at its highest levels when acting IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testified at my recent Small Business Committee hearing. When I asked him to identify the statute that authorizes the President to alter the ObamaCare employer mandate, Mr. Werfel was unable to do so.
Hays Daily News: Huelskamp behind farm bill provision
July 19, 2013
By Mike Corn
Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp is taking credit for inserting a provision into the House-passed farm bill that could benefit Hays-based Sunflower Electric in its bid to build a new power plant near Holcomb.
February 8, 2013
Huelskamp Submits Comments to Prevent Lesser Prairie Chicken from Being Listed as "Threatened" Species
(GARDEN CITY, KAN.) U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service hosted a public comment hearing in Garden City on Thursday night to hear from citizens about the proposed listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a "threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act. Congressman Tim Huelskamp submitted the following comments for the record. He offered the following explanation of his comments:
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February 3, 2013
Dear Friend:
It was a great week doing my favorite part of the job as your Congressman visiting with Kansans at town halls across the Big First District.
January 4, 2013
Huelskamp to Serve on Small Business, Veterans' Affairs Committees
(WASHINGTON) In his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas First District Congressman Tim Huelskamp announced that he will serve on the House Small Business Committee and the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
January 2, 2013
DHS signs land transfer for NBAF site
Washington, DC Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and the Kansas Congressional Delegation announced today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has signed a land transfer agreement with the State of Kansas for the site where the National Bio- and Agro-defense Facility (NBAF) will be built in Manhattan, Kansas.