American Energy Exploration
Jon Kyl
The United States currently produces less than 40 percent of the oil it consumes, yet for 26 years, Congress has barred the production of oil and natural gas from federal waters off our own shores. Exploration is only permitted off the coasts of Alaska, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The President recently challenged Congress to remove the ban. The world uses about 80 million barrels of oil per day; and the U.S. consumes more than a quarter of that amount.
A Major Victory for Texas
Ron Paul
I am pleased to report that last week we received notice that the Texas Department of Transportation will recommend the I-69 Project be developed using existing highway facilities instead of the proposed massive new Trans Texas Corridor/NAFTA Superhighway. According to the Texas Transportation Commissioner, consideration is no longer being given to new corridors and other proposals for a new highway footprint for this project.
Dealing With the High Price of Gas
George W. Bush
Americans are concerned about the high price of gasoline. Everyone who commutes to work, purchases food, ships a product, or takes a family vacation feels the burden of higher prices at the pump. And families across our country are looking to Washington for a response. The fundamental problem behind high gas prices is that the supply of oil has not kept up with the rising demand across the world.
It’s Past Time to Expand Domestic Refining Capacity
Joe Pitts and Phil English
With the price of gas well over $4 a gallon nationwide, with no end to the high prices in sight, what is Congress doing? Voting on legislation to regulate the import, export, transport, and sale of "nonhuman primates." This is not a joke, though it must seem like one to the American public. Instead of voting on a single bill to increase American made energy this week, Congress instead voted on H.R. 2964, the Captive Primate Safety Act.
New Technologies Deliver New Cleaner Energy
John Boehner
Usually when you hear the word "nuclear" it means that Iran is in the news again. But I think that we need to view "nuclear" in another light, as in safely and cleanly delivering on our energy needs and helping us achieve our goal of energy independence. While the price of gas has been slowly creeping upward in the years since President Clinton vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have opened up parts of a desolate plain in Alaska for oil exploration, the true consequences of President Clinton’s ill-advised decision have only recently become fully apparent.
Coastal Oil Drilling Becomes US Campaign Issue
President Bush and Republican presidential candidate John McCain are both calling for an end to a moratorium on developing oil and natural gas resources along much of the U.S. coastline. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes such a move, saying the country needs to move away from oil. Meanwhile, public-opinion polls show U.S. consumers favoring more development of domestic resources to offset high fuel prices.
Party of Defeat
Jon Kyl
As the President’s term comes to an end, his critics are out to define his legacy in their terms, particularly with regard to Iraq. Of late, their efforts to rebuke the war effort in Iraq seem to have intensified, and no doubt they will continue in the months ahead. President Bush and his administration distorted the facts and in doing so initiated the war in Iraq on "false pretenses." The charges have no empirical support, but it seems critics hope that, with enough repetition, their attempt to rewrite history will one day be accepted as the truth.
Iraq or the Economy?
Ron Paul
What is the importance of the war in Iraq relative to other current issues? This is a question I am often asked, especially as Americans continue to become increasingly aware that something is very wrong with the economy. The difficulty with the way the question is often asked relates to the perception that we are somehow able to divide such issues, or to isolate the cost of war into arbitrarily defined areas such as national security or international relations.
Sounding the Alarm
Gary Cooperberg
Once again I am preparing to fly to the USA to speak to both Jewish and Christian Zionist audiences about Israel. It is the role of the Jewish People to wake up the whole world to recognize that we all have but One Creator. I am very grateful that G-d has enabled me to play my part in that eternal role. It is nothing less than a miracle which enables me to personally travel all over the USA, sound my Shofar and try to open up eyes to the coming Redemption.
Cyber Security Is Essential To National Security
Joe Pitts
If I told you that Chinese hackers gained access to the computers in the offices of U.S. Representatives and stole personal information about Chinese dissidents and human rights violations, you may think I have been watching too much Hollywood. But this is all too real, and it represents a growing national security problem. In fact, two of my colleagues and friends, Rep.
Lowering Gas Prices By Increasing Supply
John Boehner
One million barrels of oil produce 27 million gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel. It’s estimated that we have some 86 billions barrels of American oil, including about 10.4 billion barrels of oil in a tiny, desolate portion of the Arctic coastal plain. There could be another 2 trillion barrels of oil shale in the Rocky Mountains.
U.S. Supreme Court Says Guantanamo Prisoners Can Challenge Detentions
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the foreign prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to challenge in U.S. civilian courts the government's right to hold them. The decision is the court's latest rebuke to the way the George W. Bush administration defines the counterterrorism effort, and could force the administration to once again revise its procedures for handling captured Al-Qaeda and other terrorist suspects.