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Energy Independence

I have been a champion of a comprehensive “all of the above” approach that would reduce our dependence on hostile regions of the world and increase all forms of American energy. I believe we must stop government policies that are driving up energy prices and expanding American energy production to lower costs and create more jobs.

Rising gas prices hurt families, commuters, job seekers, and small business owners. Prices at the pump shouldn’t compel Minnesotans to choose between gas and groceries. We need to work together to pass reforms and remove roadblocks to provide relief in energy costs and create jobs, including a forward thinking solution that includes oil, natural gas, nuclear, and clean renewable energies. It is long past the time to unlock America’s abundant energy resources.

American Energy Initiative: Americans want Washington to get out of the way so we can produce more American energy, lower gasoline prices, and help small businesses begin hiring again. To answer that call, I have helped launch the American Energy Initiative, an ongoing effort focused on the simple solutions we need for a sensible, all-of-the-above energy policy:

• Stopping government policies that are driving up energy prices
• Expanding American energy production to lower costs and create more jobs
• Promoting an all-of-the-above strategy to increase all forms of American energy

While many in Washington continue to stand in the way of American energy development, I continue to fight for real solutions that will increase the supply of affordable energy and ease regulatory burdens that stifle energy production and use. The House has passed a number of commonsense energy bills to help cut through the red tape that is contributing to higher fuel prices and blocking access to energy supplies.

Keystone XL Pipeline: Support for the Keystone XL energy project is broad and bipartisan. Republicans and Democrats, editorial boards, governors, job creators, labor unions, and a majority of the American people want Keystone approved because it will create thousands of new jobs and help address high energy prices.

• In February, 2015 the House passed S. 1 - Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act with strong bipartisan support. The President vetoed the legislation days later, further delaying a project the Investor's Business Daily called "the most shovel-ready project in history."
  
• The House has voted numerous times to allow for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, an important jobs and energy project estimated to carry nearly a million additional barrels per day of secure North American oil supplies to U.S. refineries.