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 all of the sensational news coverage surrounding Japan’s nuclear crisis, I thought it was time that ...
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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 indictment of nuclear energy safety. Quite the reverse is true. The survival of the 40 year old con...
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In its editorial criticizing House Republicans, The Bee recently suggested that current management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is without controversy or is somehow the result of a collective best practice. However, existing California water policy is neither "nuanced" nor "balanced," nor is it so complicated as to defy the comprehension of mere mortals who live, work and vote in the Golden State. Radical environmentalists and their allies in government prefer to speak using these terms t...
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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 energy strategy. It delivers lower energy prices, enhanced energy security, and lasting economic gr...
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As tension and uncertainty in the Middle East rises and revolutions spread in the Middle East and North Africa, Americans are once again confronting the financial and national security consequences of our dependence on foreign oil. Over the years, the American people have been promised “energy independence” by Democrats and Republicans from different Administrations and Congresses. Whether the mantra is “drill baby drill” or a green energy revolution, we have all been consistently disappointed ...
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Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-21) and Senator Mike Crapo (ID) today announced the bi-cameral introduction of legislation that will limit the unchecked Presidential power related to the designation of new national monuments. “The bill that we introduced today will improve the Antiquities Act by limiting the president’s unfettered discretion and ensuring a more inclusive designation process,” said Rep. Nunes. “This kind of top-down directive is anything but collaborative,” Crapo said. “For too long,...
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Today, Representatives Devin Nunes (CA-21), Kevin McCarthy (CA-22), and Jeff Denham (CA-19) introduced legislation that would empower California state leaders to make sweeping investments to State Route 99. The legislation, titled the San Joaquin Valley Transportation Enhancement Act, would allow the State of California to redirect federal high speed rail funding to finance long overdue and urgently needed roadway improvements along the State Route 99 corridor. If state and local leaders choose ...
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Congressman Devin Nunes today announced that the 2011 Continuing Resolution introduced by Congressional leaders on Friday included provisions to restore water supplies to dry San Joaquin Valley communities (see bill text). “I would like to thank Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (KY) and Energy and Water subcommittee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ) for their support,” said Rep. Devin Nunes. The language, included in the base bill of the 2011 Continuing Resolution, would prevent any...
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Today, Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-21) and Senator Richard Burr (NC) announced the House introduction of the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act. Companion legislation will be introduced in the Senate next week. The legislation introduced in the House today was first introduced by Representative Nunes in December. It provides enhanced transparency for state and local pensions and establishes a clear federal prohibition on any future public pension bailouts by the federal government. During ...
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President Obama says he wants to purge regulations that are "just plain dumb," like his humorous State of the Union bit about salmon. So perhaps he should review a new rule that is supposed to prevent oil spills akin to the Gulf Coast disaster—at the nation's dairy farms. Two weeks ago, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule that subjects dairy producers to the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure program, which was created in 1970 to prevent oil discharges in navigable wat...
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