2018 IN Senate race: on Energy & Oil


Andrew Straw: Support green energy storage technology

Q: Do you agree or disagree with the statement, "Prioritize green energy"?

A: Strongly support. We need radical improvements in energy storage technology and electrical lines so the entire country can be one gigantic grid, driving down the costs of energy everywhere. Green energy reduces reliance on dirty energy and we should also make electric vehicles more usable. There should be "pitstops" along our highways that allow electric cars and semis to recharge within a few minutes. If a car runs out of juice, robotic recharge stations should be able to reach anywhere with a full charge available. These recharge stations would recharge themselves with solar. Some of the reduced military savings can be used to place batteries in strategic places and improve the grid.

Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Indiana Senate candidate Feb 28, 2018

Mark Hurt: Cost-benefit analysis for measures affecting clean coal

Hurt strongly supports Indiana Senator Todd Young's regulatory reform efforts requiring a cost benefit analysis and an up or down vote on measures affecting clean coal, clean air and many other areas of our society. Hurt believes the US Congress has allowed its legislative functions to be unduly delegated to unelected staff at administrative agencies. Staff and appointed officials at agencies circumvent Congress, and through obtrusive regulations, increasingly bypassing elected representatives in carrying out unwise regulations and imposing hidden taxes. Hurt, as a constitutionalist, strongly believes in the separation of powers and the placement of legislative power in the legislative branch of government, not the executive.

On the issue of lawmaking, Hurt states: "America needs leadership that respects the US Constitution and the rule of law, not just in words, but in actions. We need a newfound respect for the separation of governmental powers, and for states' rights."

Source: 2018 Indiana Senate race website, MarkHurt.org Mar 3, 2017

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GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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