Issa Signs Discharge Petition to Lift Ban on New Domestic Energy Production

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Rep. Darrell Issa has signed a discharge petition to force a vote on legislation, H.R. 3089, opening the Alaskan Coastal Plain and Outer Continental Shelf for oil drilling.

"It is outrageous that with gas approaching $5 gallon, Speaker Pelosi has not acted to unlock America's domestic energy reserves," said Rep. Darrell Issa.

"We are paying a high price at the pump today for decades of bad policy decisions that have placed our own oil and gas resources off-limits," said Issa. "Having a reliable domestic energy supply is essential to our national security and economic prosperity."

"America needs to become energy self-sufficient, that means new nuclear, oil, gas, hydro, wind, solar and geothermal production. If it makes sense economically, we ought to be doing it. It's time to remove the artificial barriers to energy production that have given us $4.50 gas, higher electricity bills, and left us reliant on foreign oil."

H.R. 3089, the No More Excuses Energy Act would:

- Lift the Congressional moratoria on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf, potentially
providing 17 billion barrels of oil.

- Opens the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to responsible drilling, potentially producing nearly a
million barrels per day for several decades.

- Encourages investment in a much-needed industrial base for building new nuclear power
plants by reducing the tax burden on that industry.

- Boost alternative energy development by extending the Wind Production Tax Credit for 10 years.

Rep. Issa has also cosponsored H.R. 6107 and H.R. 6108, bills that would, respectively, allow drilling on Alaska's Coastal Plain and deep water drilling on the outer continental shelf.

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