ENROLLED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 26
BY REPRESENTATIVES COUSSAN, AMEDEE, BEAULLIEU, BOURRIAQUE,
BRYANT, CARRIER, DEVILLIER, DUBUISSON, EDMONDS, EMERSON,
FIRMENT, FISHER, FONTENOT, FREIBERG, GAROFALO, HODGES,
HORTON, TRAVIS JOHNSON, KERNER, LACOMBE, MCCORMICK,
MCFARLAND, MIGUEZ, MINCEY, NEWELL, ORGERON, CHARLES OWEN,
RISER, ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, ST. BLANC, STEFANSKI, THOMPSON,
WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the president of the United States to consider the current geopolitical
tensions and support policies and take measures to ensure America's long-term
energy affordability, security, leadership, and progress, including actions that result
in the continued operation of existing oil and natural gas pipelines, the construction
of new oil and gas pipelines, and an end to restrictions on developing our nation's
onshore and offshore oil and natural gas resources.
WHEREAS, oil and natural gas are vital components of our nation's economy,
providing more than eleven million jobs nationwide, including approximately three hundred
and forty-five thousand total jobs and approximately twenty-five billion dollars in gross
domestic income in Louisiana alone; and
WHEREAS, United States energy abundance has provided security that has
historically led to reliable, affordable energy for American consumers and our allies; and
WHEREAS, the world is looking to America for energy leadership and stability as
current geopolitical events pose potential economic disruptions when inflation already
affects households, both in the United States and across Europe; and
WHEREAS, operation and expansion of a key component of America's energy
success, our oil and natural gas pipelines, which provide the most efficient means of
transporting those commodities, are being blocked by the federal government and many state
governments; and
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WHEREAS, the Biden Administration continues to increase costs and delay efforts
to develop oil and natural gas leasing on federal lands and waters despite the fact that the
program provides billions in revenue to federal, state, and local governments and supports
conservation programs throughout the country; and
WHEREAS, domestic offshore production is one of the lowest carbon intensive
energy-producing regions in the world, and halting offshore leasing and development will
shift production and capital investment overseas and undermine decades of environmental
progress.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
strongly urge and request the president of the United States to take measures and support
policies that ensure long-term American energy affordability, security, leadership, and
progress, including actions that result in the continued operation of existing oil and natural
gas pipelines, the construction of new oil and gas pipelines, the resumption of consistent,
credible federal lease sales, and the immediate preparation of a new five-year program to
guide future offshore leasing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
president of the United States, the United States secretary of the interior, the United States
secretary of transportation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Louisiana
congressional delegation, and the news media of Louisiana.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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