Issue Position: Energy

Issue Position

As the son of a coal miner, I know how essential this resource is for the nation and especially for Indiana. Indiana's 8th Congressional District has every active coal mine in Indian and this allows us to generate electricity at often the lowest rates in the land. The current Cap and Trade legislation will wreck Indiana's economy more than any state in the nation as we rely on coal for 95 percent of our state's electricity. This gives us a boost in attracting new jobs and investment to Indiana and it reinforces our position as a mid-country market maker in transportation and manufacturing. While some of our coal is higher in sulfur content, we have low-sulfur coal as well. And as your federal Congressional representative, I will continue to support clean-coal technology projects such as the Duke Energy's Edwardsport Coal Gasification Project. We must work towards energy independence, for both economic and national security purposes. I support new exploration for sources of oil, clean coal technology, the expanded use of nuclear energy, and solar and wind energy technology.

Progress -- Introduced the Transparency in Rulemaking when Using Scientific Testing (TRUST) Act to promote regulations based on science, not ideology; Voted for gulf drilling and other legislation to promote energy independence; Voted for Keystone XL pipeline; Fought coal dust regulations and other EPA rules

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