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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature recognizes that this period in |
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our nation's history represents an opportunity for Texas to work |
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with the leadership of the federal government to transcend partisan |
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politics and correct misuses of federal regulatory power that have |
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threatened the Texas oil and gas industry, the jobs it creates, and |
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the economy of the state; and |
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WHEREAS, Texas oil and gas fields have provided a pathway |
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toward American energy independence from foreign powers, have |
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afforded financial security to hundreds of thousands of individuals |
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in Texas, and have delivered safe and reliable energy to fuel our |
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nation's economy; and |
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WHEREAS, During the past eight years, the federal government |
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has promulgated regulations that jeopardize the productivity of the |
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oil and gas fields of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, New federal regulations have been proposed and |
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implemented despite the protests of Texas and many other oil and gas |
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producing states, resulting in overregulation that prioritizes |
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minor environmental gains over major productive losses; and |
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WHEREAS, The State of Texas has joined many other oil and gas |
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producing states to file more than 20 lawsuits against federal |
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overreach; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby respectfully urge the executive branch and the Congress of |
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the United States to work in conjunction with the State of Texas to |
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identify federal regulations promulgated during the last eight |
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years, especially those promulgated under the authority of the |
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United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States |
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Department of the Interior, and the United States Department of |
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Energy, and determine whether they should be revised, delegated to |
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state agencies, or eliminated in order to ease the overly |
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burdensome regulatory patchwork on the oil and gas industry in |
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Texas; 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 president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of |
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Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the |
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members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that |
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this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a |
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memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |