Statement of Republican Policy

• Amendment to H.R. 3534, the CLEAR ACT

Republican Leader John Boehner

• America Facing Higher Energy Costs, Fewer Jobs Under Dems’ Energy Bill

• Boehner: Dems Exploit Gulf Tragedy for Job-Destroying Tax on American Energy

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence

• Pence Warns of Democrats’ New Job-Killing Energy Bill

• The CLEAR (Cutting Loose Energy and American Resources) Act

Natural Resources Committee Republicans

• Basic Facts on the CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534)

• Taxation with Plenty of Litigation: CLEAR Act’s $22 Billion Energy Tax Kills American Jobs, Helps Foreign Oil, Costs Taxpayers Billions in Court Fees

• CLEAR Act Includes $30 Billion Mandatory Spending Increase, Entire Amount Open to Earmarks

• Democrats’ CLEAR Act Threatens Millions of Energy Jobs Throughout the Country

• Hastings: Democrats are Using the Oil Spill as an Excuse to Raise Taxes and Increase Spending

• Eliminating Liability Limits Kills Independent Producers Could Cost 300,000 Jobs, $147 Billion in Revenue

• CLEAR Act Exploits Gulf Oil Crisis, Contains Numerous Items Unrelated to Spill

• Democrats’ Offshore Oil Spill Bill Makes Significant Changes to Onshore Energy Leasing

• Federalization in CLEAR Act Usurps States Rights To Regulate Own Waters

• Ocean Zoning in CLEAR Act Kills Jobs Onshore and Offshore

• Democrat Leadership Strips Bipartisan, Independent Oil Spill Commission from CLEAR Act

• White House Continues to Exploit Oil Spill Tragedy to Push Cap-and-Trade National Energy Tax

• Will the Senate Once Again Leave House Dems High and Dry?

Letters

• Americans For Tax Reform: ATR Will Keyvote Against H.R. 3534 (CLEAR Act) in Our Annual Congressional Scorecard

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Key Vote Letter Opposing H.R. 3534

• National Association of Manufacturers: Key Vote Letter on H.R. 3534

• State of Texas: Letter from Texas Governor Rick Perry and Texas State Leaders

• Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission: Letter to House Leadership

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