Rep. Pitts in D.C. to Participate in GOP Shadow Congress to Call for Energy Solutions

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Rep. Pitts in D.C. to Participate in GOP Shadow Congress to Call for Energy Solutions

Pitts calls for comprehensive energy solution

Congressman Joe Pitts (PA-16) today participated in the ongoing Republican "shadow Congress" that has taken place since House Democrats voted to take a five week vacation on Friday, August 1, without considering meaningful energy legislation. With the House lights dimmed and cameras and microphones turned off per Speaker Pelosi's orders, Rep. Pitts took to the House floor with other House Republicans to speak to the American people about their all-of-the-above energy plan.

Congressman Pitts' statement follows:

"Though Speaker Pelosi has ordered the lights dimmed and the cameras turned off, we will continue to take to the House floor to advocate for a comprehensive energy solution that will increase American made energy. A bipartisan consensus exists in favor of such a solution if only Speaker Pelosi would allow legislation to come to the floor for a vote."

Background

House Republicans have transformed their "all-of-the-above" energy strategy into a single piece of legislation: the American Energy Act. The bill - a composite product made possible by energy policies proposed by Members throughout the House Republican Conference - will increase the supply of American-made energy, improve conservation and efficiency, and promote new and expanding energy technologies to help lower the price at the pump and reduce America's increasingly costly and dangerous dependence on foreign sources of energy.

Bipartisan passage of the American Energy Act would demonstrate to the world that America will no longer keep its rich energy resources under lock-and-key. Not only will it help bring down the price of gasoline now, but it will make needed investments in the alternative fuels that will power our lives and our economy in the future.

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