Oppose the Flawed Clean Energy and Security Act

America needs an energy policy that grows our economy and our jobs.

Affordable and reliable energy is essential to the long-term health of the U.S. economy and the prosperity of American workers.

We need national energy policies that promote the development of all forms of energy – and recognize that oil and natural gas must continue to play an important role in this nation’s energy future.

The President and some leading Members of Congress are proposing $400 billion in new energy taxes and fees. They threaten not only domestic supplies of oil and natural gas, but existing and new jobs -- while increasing our dependence on foreign oil.

Colorado jobs and the long-term energy security of this nation are at stake.

These unprecedented taxes will have devastating effects an already struggling American economy -- and on the energy industry that supports more than 6 million American jobs. Increasing taxes on the oil and natural gas industry will:

Stifle America’s economic recovery.
Threaten thousands of American jobs in the industry and surrounding communities.
Limit our supplies of American energy, pushing up consumer prices for gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, and natural gas used to heat our homes and cook our meals.
Increase our reliance on imported oil and send American jobs overseas.
Reduce investment in new U.S.-based energy supplies.
Reduce local, state and federal revenue.
Hamstring efforts to address environmental concerns by discouraging the use of clean-burning natural gas.

With worldwide energy consumption expected to grow by 50 percent over the next 20 years, we need all the affordable energy that we can develop, including oil and natural gas.

America's future is dependent on an uninterrupted, adequate, affordable fuel supply. Expansion of exploration and delivery of domestic oil, natural gas and coal supplies must be encouraged. We must also continue to develop new, alternative energy sources to complement these traditional sources.

Click Here to read the text of H.R. 2454 - the Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill