Issue Position: Energy

Issue Position

While I strongly support the use and development of all forms of energy, we must move our nation away from market-distorting incentives that simply pick winners and losers in the energy industry. All too often this practice results in astronomical losses such as the bankruptcy of failed solar company Solyndra, which President Obama backed with 500 million in hard earned taxpayer dollars.

I remain committed to enacting a true all-of-the-above approach to our nation's energy policy. In the House I have voted repeatedly to move in this direction by working to enact policies that would eliminate overly-burdensome regulations and bureaucratic red tape hindering access to our abundant domestic energy sources. I will also continue to join with our friends in Canada to strongly advocate for approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline project. In addition to dramatically increasing our nation's energy security Keystone XL would lead to the creation of thousands of good paying jobs at no expense to the taxpayer.

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