We have police shortages, boarder agent shortages and teacher shortages. So, let’s hire 87,000 IRS agents and fix everything!
Team Biden is saying that no one, even a former president is above the law. So, how about the illegals crossing our southern border?
Remember when we were told that Trump was going to crash the economy and start World War III? They were only off by one president.
What's happening in America?
What's happening in America?
Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
Energy Prospectus Group
Re: What's happening in America?
Sent to me by a landman in Midland, Texas that is also an EPG member.
Commitment to America
This week House Minority Leadership announced The Republican Commitment to America. In conversations we’ve had with several members of congress this week we are hearing that the 118th Congress’s H.R. 1, the first official legislation introduced, will be an energy bill. In response, we established a coalition of the nations’ premier policy organizations and sent a letter to Republican congressional leadership detailing the top three actions it needs to take to return America to energy dominance and reject Green New Deal-style federal spending.
“Currently, a record 20 million Americans are behind on their utilities and one in six families will receive a disconnect notice from a provider this year. We now beg foreign dictators for oil while domestic production has still not returned to its 2019 level (EIA, 2022), despite oil prices being much higher,” the letter reads in part.
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Actual letter:
September 28, 2022
Dear Congressional Leadership,
When the 118th Congress arrives in Washington next year, it will be sent with a mandate to solve many
issues, chief among them, returning America to energy dominance and rejecting Green New Deal-style
federal spending. Through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(IIJA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and countless Federal administrative actions, leftists in Washington
have steered us into disaster.
The cost to heat a home, drive to work, and run a business have increased exponentially since President
Biden took office. Currently, a record 20 million Americans are behind on their utilities and one in six
families will receive a disconnect notice from a provider this year. We now beg foreign dictators for oil
while domestic production has still not returned to its 2019 level (EIA, 2022), despite oil prices being
much higher. In two short years, we have gone from American energy dominance to American energy
despair. The American people are suffering at the hands of the climate change cultists running
Washington, and they expect a new course in 2023.
The Biden Administration, in collusion with the 117th Congress, has seen record shattering spending that
included nearly half a trillion dollars for fruitless ‘green initiatives’ which will only succeed in making
American energy less reliable, less innovative, and more expensive. The new Congress must change
course.
Under new majorities, Congress must act to return America to energy dominance by taking the following
actions.
1. End government subsidies in the energy market. This includes defunding recently passed
programs from the ARPA, IIJA, and the IRA. Immediately end the Production and Investment Tax
Credits for wind and solar, allow the market to drive innovation, and stop propping up
inefficient technologies with taxpayer dollars.
2. Reject unscientific environmental mandates that restrict domestic energy production and
raise costs on American families. Use the Congressional Review Act, when appropriate, and any
means available to roll back the harmful regulatory actions of the Biden Administration. Most
critical will be the PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards rule at EPA, the ‘Good
Neighbor’ Rule at EPA and the Climate Disclosure Rule at SEC. The United States is already a
world leader in clean air, and our current standards are well below the margin of what is truly
safe. The best science does not support tightening emissions standards further, and doing so will
have negative public health impacts by increasing costs on poor families.
3. Expand domestic energy production and ensure energy reliability and affordability for
consumers by cutting through the bureaucratic red tape purposefully hampering the building of
energy infrastructure, especially pipelines. Repeal the new methane tax in the IRA, reject carbon
taxes, tariffs, and credits of all kinds, and enact permanent NEPA reform that includes statutory
review deadlines, a uniform and centralized process instead of multiple agency permits, and
strong tort limitations.
Taking these actions will return America to energy dominance, significantly reduce federal spending,
save every American family from energy insecurity, and help export clean American energy around the
world.
We can already see the future for our country playing out in Europe. After throwing more than a trillion
dollars at wind, solar, and biofuels while neglecting dense and reliable fossil fuels and nuclear,
Europeans are faced with doubling and tripling of energy costs, mandatory heating and cooling limits on
office spaces, and warnings of coming blackouts this winter. Many will return to wood burning stoves to
survive the winter because they cannot afford to turn on their heater. This future can be avoided in the
United States by rejecting the radical green agenda and allowing the American energy industry to return
to world dominance.
All signed below are here to assist you in this significant undertaking.
Sincerely,
Advancing American Freedom
America First Policy Institute
Center for Renewing America
Independent Women’s Forum
Independent Women’s Voice
Life:Powered
The Heritage Foundation
The Texas Public Policy Foundation
Commitment to America
This week House Minority Leadership announced The Republican Commitment to America. In conversations we’ve had with several members of congress this week we are hearing that the 118th Congress’s H.R. 1, the first official legislation introduced, will be an energy bill. In response, we established a coalition of the nations’ premier policy organizations and sent a letter to Republican congressional leadership detailing the top three actions it needs to take to return America to energy dominance and reject Green New Deal-style federal spending.
“Currently, a record 20 million Americans are behind on their utilities and one in six families will receive a disconnect notice from a provider this year. We now beg foreign dictators for oil while domestic production has still not returned to its 2019 level (EIA, 2022), despite oil prices being much higher,” the letter reads in part.
----------------------
Actual letter:
September 28, 2022
Dear Congressional Leadership,
When the 118th Congress arrives in Washington next year, it will be sent with a mandate to solve many
issues, chief among them, returning America to energy dominance and rejecting Green New Deal-style
federal spending. Through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(IIJA), Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and countless Federal administrative actions, leftists in Washington
have steered us into disaster.
The cost to heat a home, drive to work, and run a business have increased exponentially since President
Biden took office. Currently, a record 20 million Americans are behind on their utilities and one in six
families will receive a disconnect notice from a provider this year. We now beg foreign dictators for oil
while domestic production has still not returned to its 2019 level (EIA, 2022), despite oil prices being
much higher. In two short years, we have gone from American energy dominance to American energy
despair. The American people are suffering at the hands of the climate change cultists running
Washington, and they expect a new course in 2023.
The Biden Administration, in collusion with the 117th Congress, has seen record shattering spending that
included nearly half a trillion dollars for fruitless ‘green initiatives’ which will only succeed in making
American energy less reliable, less innovative, and more expensive. The new Congress must change
course.
Under new majorities, Congress must act to return America to energy dominance by taking the following
actions.
1. End government subsidies in the energy market. This includes defunding recently passed
programs from the ARPA, IIJA, and the IRA. Immediately end the Production and Investment Tax
Credits for wind and solar, allow the market to drive innovation, and stop propping up
inefficient technologies with taxpayer dollars.
2. Reject unscientific environmental mandates that restrict domestic energy production and
raise costs on American families. Use the Congressional Review Act, when appropriate, and any
means available to roll back the harmful regulatory actions of the Biden Administration. Most
critical will be the PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards rule at EPA, the ‘Good
Neighbor’ Rule at EPA and the Climate Disclosure Rule at SEC. The United States is already a
world leader in clean air, and our current standards are well below the margin of what is truly
safe. The best science does not support tightening emissions standards further, and doing so will
have negative public health impacts by increasing costs on poor families.
3. Expand domestic energy production and ensure energy reliability and affordability for
consumers by cutting through the bureaucratic red tape purposefully hampering the building of
energy infrastructure, especially pipelines. Repeal the new methane tax in the IRA, reject carbon
taxes, tariffs, and credits of all kinds, and enact permanent NEPA reform that includes statutory
review deadlines, a uniform and centralized process instead of multiple agency permits, and
strong tort limitations.
Taking these actions will return America to energy dominance, significantly reduce federal spending,
save every American family from energy insecurity, and help export clean American energy around the
world.
We can already see the future for our country playing out in Europe. After throwing more than a trillion
dollars at wind, solar, and biofuels while neglecting dense and reliable fossil fuels and nuclear,
Europeans are faced with doubling and tripling of energy costs, mandatory heating and cooling limits on
office spaces, and warnings of coming blackouts this winter. Many will return to wood burning stoves to
survive the winter because they cannot afford to turn on their heater. This future can be avoided in the
United States by rejecting the radical green agenda and allowing the American energy industry to return
to world dominance.
All signed below are here to assist you in this significant undertaking.
Sincerely,
Advancing American Freedom
America First Policy Institute
Center for Renewing America
Independent Women’s Forum
Independent Women’s Voice
Life:Powered
The Heritage Foundation
The Texas Public Policy Foundation
Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
Energy Prospectus Group