In today’s Roll Call, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) outlines the latest components of House Republicans’ plan to help rein in high prices at the pump.
Keystone Pipeline Will Bring Jobs, Greater Energy Independence
Detroit Free Press
By Rep. Fred Upton
U.S. energy policy needs a reboot--a broad reassessment of our strategies--because much of what we thought we knew has either dramatically changed or turned out to be plain wrong.
"If it ain't broke, don't break it." That's how the late Jim Quello, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission, described his approach to regulation. It's a view the FCC would be well-served to follow today.
Last week the president embarked on a "tour de farce" to sell the American people on his energy policies - a daunting task given current public disapproval of his performance on key issues.
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi infamously said, "we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is...in it..."... Since the president signed his health care mandate into law two years ago, the American people have discovered what's actually in the bill is not what the president promised.