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Energy Bill ‘A Missed Opportunity,' McConnell Says

Statement

Date: June 21, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Energy Natural Resources

Republicans will continue working to address the energy issue of greatest concern to the American people: high gas prices

U. S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement about the Senate energy bill:

"This is really an anti-energy bill. It does nothing to bring down high gas prices; in fact, it would actually increase prices at the pump. It does nothing to increase domestic oil and gas production to make us less dependent on foreign oil. It fails to promote one of the most promising new technologies to make America more energy independent: coal-to-liquid fuels. And it threatens the jobs of thousands of auto workers in Kentucky and across the country.

"Although the Senate did not make the bill worse by approving the massive tax increases proposed earlier this week, this bill remains a missed opportunity. Senate Republicans will continue working to address the energy issue of greatest concern to the American people: high gas prices."


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