Issue Position: Energy

Issue Position

America has more than enough domestic energy resources and exciting new technology to achieve energy independence over the next decade. The primary reason we haven't done so already is Washington meddling by liberal Democrats.

Over and over, these big-government extremists have blocked access to our best domestic oil and natural gas reserves in Alaska, our western states, and offshore. They blocked construction of any new nuclear power plants for decades. These actions are directly responsible for increased air pollution, dependence on foreign oil, the U.S. trade deficit, and the sky-rocketing energy prices that played a major role in sending us into the "Great Recession" and costing millions of American jobs.

I support opening up ANWR and the Outer Continental Shelf to energy exploration and production, while simultaneously implementing the new House Republican plan to prevent future oil spills and provide greater safety against offshore oil accidents. I support a dramatic expansion in nuclear, hydro, wind, and solar power, and in new technologies that conserve and reduce energy consumption through efficiency.

It is only through turning our free-market energies loose by breaking the shackles placed on them by Washington that we can reach the goal of U.S. energy independence within a decade that is the wish of all Americans.

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