National Review Online Having grown up on a farm in California’s San Joaquin Valley, I have seen firsthand how environmental extremists smashed a flourishing agricultural region. Citing the need to protect a three-inch baitfish called the Delta smelt, green activists succeeded in getting farmers’ water supplies drastically cut. As some of the world’s most productive soil degenerated into a drought... Read more »
Hoover Institution, Advancing a Free Society Californians will soon face a Democratic super-majority in Sacramento determined to further increase spending, raise more taxes, and make the state even more hostile to business and entrepreneurship. In Washington, D.C., we’ll find a Democratic president and his Senate allies striving to apply California’s self-destructive policies to the rest of the na... Read more »
What will pull our economy into recovery? Contrary to the Obama administration’s dreamy pronouncements, it’s not windmills, solar panels, or other forms of “clean energy.” These heavily subsidized industries may eventually produce abundant energy, but that day is far in the future. For now, the 5 million “green-collar jobs” that Obama promised have not materialized, and the million electric cars h... Read more »
Tulare Chamber of Commerce The Labor Department recently released June employment figures, and they were even worse than expected; it was the worst quarter for job creation in nearly two years, with unemployment topping 8 percent for the 41st straight month. The Obama administration has valiantly tried to put a positive spin on the ailing economy. We’re continually told that recovery is just aroun... Read more »
Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on H.R. 909, A Roadmap for America’s Energy Future (video of the hearing is available here). The Nunes authored energy plan is supported by 72 House Republicans and is the only comprehensive zero cost energy bill before Congress. It aims to immediately place downward pressure on energy prices while establishing the framework necessary f... Read more »
High energy prices are un-American. Our country has been blessed with a great abundance of natural resources and a unique ability to innovate. Taken together, the American people can deliver what our government has promised for decades but failed to deliver: energy independence. The path forward is not complicated, though politicians and bureaucrats will tell you that it’s too complex for hardwork... Read more »
As House Republicans try to move energy legislation in "chunks," one piece has gone largely unnoticed: an attempt to fund renewable energy with maximum mileage for the federal dollar. The provision sits deep in H.R. 909, a bill Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) proposed in early March. Overall, the bill focuses on ramping up oil and gas production, oil shale and nuclear energy; it also cancels U.S. EPA'... Read more »
Today, Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) expressed his frustration and disapproval of media coverage related to the Japanese nuclear emergency. Nunes, the author of A Roadmap for America’s Energy Future, is working to advance legislation that would mandate approval of 200 nuclear reactors in the United States by 2040. The legislation has 65 co-sponsors. Statement of Representative Devin Nunes: “With ... Read more »
Today, Congressman Nunes released the following statement concerning media coverage of the situation in Japan and the importance of expanded nuclear energy production in the United States. “I am highly disappointed with the media’s sensational coverage of the nuclear emergency in Japan. The victims of the earthquake and resulting tsunami deserve better. The facts, as we know them today, are not an... Read more »
This week, Rep. Devin Nunes (CA-21), Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (WI-1), Rep. John Shimkus (IL-19), Rep. Mike Simpson (ID-02) and Rep. Rob Bishop (UT-1), along with 51 other Republican lawmakers, introduced comprehensive energy legislation titled A Roadmap for America’s Energy Future (see the list of original co-sponsors here). The Energy Roadmap is a budget neutral, comprehensive national... Read more »
