State of Louisiana secondary Archives: on Energy & Oil

Garret Graves: Keystone XL and other policies for US jobs & energy

In Congress I will fight to:
• Produce more American energy and energy-jobs
• Improve energy efficiency
• Stop our dependence upon foreign oil

From blocking the Keystone XL pipeline to upholding a moratorium on offshore exploration, misguided policy decisions have handcuffed our ability to create thousands of jobs here at home and have instead created job growth in other countries--like Venezuela and Iran--that do not share American interests or values. At the same time, we have seen gasoline prices spike from less than $2.00/gallon when Obama took office to nearly $3.50 today. This type of government overregulation is bad for consumers, bad for Louisiana and bad for the United States.