This month, the House of Representatives fired its first energy reform salvo a bill prohibiting oil sales from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to the CCP.
Framework is largest infrastructure investment Republicans have ever put forth
U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee, Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Ranking Member of the Banking, Housing, & Urban Affairs Committee, Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Finance Committee, and John Barrasso, Ranking Member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, today unveiled a framework to improve the nation’s infrastructure. The Republican infrastructure framework, which includes $568B in infrastructure investments over a five-year period, will serve as a guide as the Senate continues to develop bipartisan bills that will go through regular order. This is the largest infrastructure investment that Republicans have ever put forth.
By Congressman Mike Simpson
Washington, D.C. I have been a proponent of hydroelectric power since I first came to Congress. It is one of the best energy sources we haveclean, reliable, renewable baseload generation that is more valuable than ever as we seek to reduce carbon emissions in the electricity sector. For years, I have supported policies to promote, increase, and support our hydroelectric resources. From reforming our licensing processes to making it easier to install new generation and supporting continued research and development into technological advances for new waterpower technologies.
The four Lower Snake River dams are at the heart of the endless litigation in the Northwest and if they are removed, my framework calls for protection of all other hydroelectric assets in the region. Upon the breaching of the fourth dam in 2031, all public and private FERC licensed dams in the Columbia River Basin greater than 5 megawatts that have produced power for sale
McKinley Named Lead Republican on Environment and Climate Change
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman David B. McKinley, P.E., (WV-1) has been selected to serve as Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
This subcommittee has jurisdiction over many environmental regulations and will be a central venue for debate over the Democrats’ climate change and energy agenda.
“Being chosen to serve as Ranking Member is a great honor and recognition of our leadership and work on energy issues over the last ten years,” said McKinley. “This subcommittee will be the tip of the sphere in fighting the Biden Administration and Democrat Majority’s extreme climate change policies.”