Thom Tillis: Bill would give states access to fuel

Posted: Sunday, February 1, 2015 12:00 am

Thom Tillis: Bill would give states access to fuel

By Thom Tillis

When I ran for the U.S. Senate last year, I promised North Carolinians I would fight for common-sense policies that create opportunities for hardworking taxpayers. I have repeatedly stressed the need for both parties in Washington to work together to pursue an “all of the above” strategy to unleash America’s untapped energy resources to spark both job creation and technological innovation.

Make no mistake, while gasoline prices are presently at their lowest point in years, families across the country know all too well how quickly energy prices can rise and fall based on events outside America’s borders. Dependence on foreign energy sources places our economy at constant risk. Hardworking taxpayers literally pay the price of Washington’s failure to establish a real, long-term energy policy with higher utility bills and higher prices for almost every commodity, not to mention expensive trips to the gas station. Walling off our nation’s huge energy resources and preventing them from being used to expand domestic oil and natural gas production exponentially increases the risk that energy prices could skyrocket at a moment’s notice.

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