David Dewhurst on Energy & Oil

Open the Gulf; more hydro-fracking; less "green" energy

• End taxpayer bailouts to companies like Solyndra, which declared bankruptcy after receiving $535 million in grants.
• Stop President Obama's "energy cronyism" of giving federal grants to donors.
• Stop feasting on taxpayer dollars for pet "Green" energy products, which don't make good commercial sense and never make it to consumers.

• Fully develop and utilize America's abundant energy resources.
• Stop interfering with hydro-fracking of oil and gas wells, which is completely safe, and streamline oil and natural gas drilling regulations to allow more drilling.
• Aggressively re-open Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas exploration with sensible safeguards in place.
• Stop playing "political football" with the Keystone pipeline.
• Open new markets for liquefied natural gas and encourage the building of ports and other facilities that can handle LNG exports.

Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP.

No Climate Tax Pledge: "I pledge to the taxpayers of my state, and to the American people, that I will oppose any legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenue."

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