HR0719 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The price of motor fuel, at the pumps where Americans buy it, is approaching the record-high price set in 2008; and

WHEREAS, Motor fuel is a commodity for which demand is inelastic, because its consumption is closely tied to promises made by ordinary American families; parents have promised their employers they will drive to work, and they have promised their children they will drive them to soccer practice; and

WHEREAS, United States home production of oil and natural gas is closely tied to federal policies; much of the U.S. oil and gas that is yet to be pumped comes from federal lands and waters in the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains, the Gulf of Mexico, coastal California, and Alaska; and

WHEREAS, In this time of grave national uncertainty and economic and military threats, it is urgent that we achieve true energy independence in the United States of America; and

WHEREAS, To achieve true U.S. energy independence, we need to maximize the production of American energy, including energy from U.S. federal lands, as well as reducing barriers to the construction of infrastructure to pump, deliver, and refine energy; and

WHEREAS, Some voices continue to call for limiting or shutting down particular oil fields, energy production regions, and energy production technologies that are under our control and that we can use to achieve true energy independence and maintain our national security; and

WHEREAS, Whenever we listen to these voices, Americans pay more at the pump; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare U.S. oil and natural gas energy independence to be an urgent national priority; and be it further

RESOLVED, That we call upon the federal government and President Joe Biden to reverse current anti-production policies and to take all possible steps to maximize immediate U.S. oil and gas production, including from U.S. federal lands and waters; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, and all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.