Full Text of HR0719 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The price of motor fuel, at the pumps where | 3 | | Americans buy it, is approaching the record-high price set in | 4 | | 2008; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Motor fuel is a commodity for which demand is | 6 | | inelastic, because its consumption is closely tied to promises | 7 | | made by ordinary American families; parents have promised | 8 | | their employers they will drive to work, and they have | 9 | | promised their children they will drive them to soccer | 10 | | practice; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, United States home production of oil and natural | 12 | | gas is closely tied to federal policies; much of the U.S. oil | 13 | | and gas that is yet to be pumped comes from federal lands and | 14 | | waters in the Rocky Mountains, the Great Plains, the Gulf of | 15 | | Mexico, coastal California, and Alaska; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In this time of grave national uncertainty and | 17 | | economic and military threats, it is urgent that we achieve | 18 | | true energy independence in the United States of America; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, To achieve true U.S. energy independence, we need | 20 | | to maximize the production of American energy, including | 21 | | energy from U.S. federal lands, as well as reducing barriers |
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| 1 | | to the construction of infrastructure to pump, deliver, and | 2 | | refine energy; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Some voices continue to call for limiting or | 4 | | shutting down particular oil fields, energy production | 5 | | regions, and energy production technologies that are under our | 6 | | control and that we can use to achieve true energy | 7 | | independence and maintain our national security; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Whenever we listen to these voices, Americans pay | 9 | | more at the pump; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we declare U.S. oil and natural gas energy independence to be | 13 | | an urgent national priority; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That we call upon the federal government and | 15 | | President Joe Biden to reverse current anti-production | 16 | | policies and to take all possible steps to maximize immediate | 17 | | U.S. oil and gas production, including from U.S. federal lands | 18 | | and waters; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | 20 | | President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer | 21 | | Granholm, and all members of the Illinois Congressional |
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