America needs to take advantage of the vast domestic resources this country has to offer, including oil and gas in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), coal in the Midwest and natural gas around the country.
Keeping taxes low for our domestic energy producers will save jobs and provide low fuel prices for the hard working people in this country.
Along with expanding capacity of traditional forms of energy, we need to increase the development of alternative fuels by providing the private sector with the necessary tools to bring their innovations to the market.
If Louisiana wants to excel in our changing economy we need to become an energy state - not just an oil and gas state.