Issue Position: Energy

Issue Position

As energy prices continue to rise, we need to implement a long-term energy policy aimed at reducing prices for American families and businesses. I support an all-of-the-above energy strategy that includes clean coal, natural gas, nuclear, and renewable energies, while also better utilizing our abundant domestic resources. We must become an energy-independent nation. In order to do so, we have to explore, we have to conserve and we have to pursue all avenues of alternative energy.

The United States must also secure access to resources elsewhere in North America. For this reason, I supported the approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The pipeline will stretch from the oil sands in Alberta, Canada to the Gulf Coast, bringing significant new oil supplies to refineries in the country. The project is estimated to support 42,000 jobs and transport 830,000 barrels of oil per day. .

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