Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. Even at a time of rising gas prices & a weak economy we can create jobs as well as a stable reliable & affordable energy supply if the federal government will just get out of the way said Cong. Pete Olson said. Olson was joined by House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) to announce the creation of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT).
HEAT will consist of a committed group of House members to promote Republican energy policies that will address rising energy prices create thousands of good jobs and enhance our national security by promoting energy independence for America. HEAT will clearly demonstrate that House Republicans are on the side of the small businesses and families who are increasingly harmed by record high energy prices.
Houston is the U.S. energy capital - we know what is needed to reduce our dependency on foreign energy and get hard working Americans back to work. We need greater access to our domestic resources in order to increase our energy supply put people to work and bring billions in revenue into the federal treasury said Olson.
Traveling around my district during the district work period my constituents overwhelmingly wanted to talk about the steadily increasing price of gas that is placing great strain on their families and small businesses" Whip McCarthy said.
The restrictive policies of this Administration are bringing unnecessary pain at the pump and they are costing our nation jobs. The HEAT initiative will further highlight Republican energy proposals to expand domestic energy production. These proposals will help create American jobs grow our economy and enhance our security through greater energy independence" said McCarthy.
Todays high gas prices are squeezing family budgets and making it hard for our economy to bounce back. As we work to cut the red tape that is blocking energy production and finally harness our available resources with an all-of-theabove energy strategy Im pleased to have this team of talented members volunteer to take our message of job creation and energy security to the American people said House Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Upton.
The following Members will be participating in HEAT:
- Reps. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)
- Peter Roskam (R-IL)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Mike Conaway (R-TX)
- Steve Scalise (R-LA)
- Greg Walden (R-OR)
- Rick Berg (R-ND)
- Jeff Denham (R-CA)
- Cory Gardner (R-CO)
- Doc Hastings (R-WA)
- Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
- Lynn Jenkins (R-KS)
- Devin Nunes (R-CA)
- Alan Nunnelee (R-MS)
- Pete Olson (R-TX)
- Ben Quayle (R-AZ)
- Martha Roby (R-AL)
- Phil Roe (R-TN)
- Steve Womack (R-AR)
- Jeff Duncan (R-SC)
- Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)
- Bill Flores (R-TX)
- Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
- John Shimkus (R-IL)
- Fred Upton (R-MI)
- Bill Johnson (R-OH) an
- Mike Pompeo (R-KS)
