Rep. Thompson supports bills in Congress supporting affordable energy

On Thursday, U.S Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) said he supports six bills in Congress that would lead to more affordable energy for Pennsylvanians.

Thompson said the bills would lower energy costs, reduce emissions and secure American energy leadership. The bills would also support Pennsylvania’s right to produce energy, he said.

“I am proud to represent a district, and come from a state, that plays such a large role in domestic energy production,” Thompson said. “Without the energy production of my district and others in rural America, our cities would wake up cold, dark, and hungry. While President Biden and Governor Shapiro continue to stifle our energy independence, I will continue to support legislation that recognizes America’s true energy potential and protects domestic production, especially in Pennsylvania.”

Legislation passed by the U.S. House this week included H. Con. Res. 86, he said in a press release, which expressed the sense that a carbon tax would be detrimental to America families and businesses, and that a state or federal carbon tax would increase Pennsylvanian’s cost of living expenses. Additionally, the House passed H. Res. 987 which denounced the negative impacts of “anti-energy” policies concerning natural gas, and H.R. 1121 that prevents any president from unilaterally banning the practice of fracking, and expresses a Congressional belief that state and private land owners should regulate fracking.

Other energy bills passed included H.R. 6009, the Restoring American Energy Dominance Act, that would nullify the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s “Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process” that restricts oil and gas production on federal lands; H.R. 1023, the Cutting Green Corruption and Taxes Act, that repeals the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and strikes the Natural Gas Tax imposed by President Joe Biden in the Inflation Reduction Act; and H.R. 7023, the Creating Confidence in Clean Water Permitting Act, that would put a number of reforms in place to reduce regulatory requirements on energy producers, agriculture entities, builders and water utilities under the Clean Water Act.