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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Throughout the Obama administration, the federal |
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government waged a campaign of overregulation that caused |
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significant harm to the oil and gas industry in the Lone Star State; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Despite protests from Texas and other oil- and |
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gas-producing states, the U.S. government has implemented a litany |
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of massive federal regulations, resulting in an unnavigable network |
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of rules and guidelines that has produced greater economic hardship |
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but insignificant environmental benefits; such policies have led |
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the State of Texas to join with many other oil- and gas-producing |
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states in filing more than 20 lawsuits against federal overreach; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A flourishing oil and gas industry in Texas is vital |
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to our nation's energy independence from foreign and hostile energy |
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cartels; it is paramount that the federal government transcend |
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partisan politics and stop misusing regulatory power and instead |
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work with Texas to create better energy policies that will |
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strengthen our economy, provide more good-paying jobs, and enhance |
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our national security; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby urge Congress and the executive branch of the federal |
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government to identify key federal regulations currently under the |
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authority of the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. |
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Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of Energy, or other |
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federal agencies, to determine whether they should be preserved, |
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revised, delegated to state agencies, or eliminated; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature encourage Congress and |
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the executive branch of the federal government to work in |
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conjunction with Texas on delegating the authority of federal |
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energy regulations to the state's regulatory agencies, in an effort |
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to mitigate the overregulation of the oil and gas industry in the |
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Lone Star State; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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the speaker of the House of Representatives and to the president of |
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the Senate of the United States Congress, and to all members of the |
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Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution |
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be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to |
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the Congress of the United States of America. |