| 1 | 1 | | 85R10992 RMA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Darby H.C.R. No. 84 |
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| 5 | 5 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Throughout the Obama administration, the federal |
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| 7 | 7 | | government waged a campaign of overregulation that caused |
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| 8 | 8 | | significant harm to the oil and gas industry in the Lone Star State; |
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| 9 | 9 | | and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Despite protests from Texas and other oil- and |
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| 11 | 11 | | gas-producing states, the U.S. government has implemented a litany |
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| 12 | 12 | | of massive federal regulations, resulting in an unnavigable network |
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| 13 | 13 | | of rules and guidelines that has produced greater economic hardship |
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| 14 | 14 | | but insignificant environmental benefits; such policies have led |
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| 15 | 15 | | the State of Texas to join with many other oil- and gas-producing |
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| 16 | 16 | | states in filing more than 20 lawsuits against federal overreach; |
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| 17 | 17 | | and |
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| 18 | 18 | | WHEREAS, A flourishing oil and gas industry in Texas is vital |
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| 19 | 19 | | to our nation's energy independence from foreign and hostile energy |
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| 20 | 20 | | cartels; it is paramount that the federal government transcend |
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| 21 | 21 | | partisan politics and stop misusing regulatory power and instead |
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| 22 | 22 | | work with Texas to create better energy policies that will |
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| 23 | 23 | | strengthen our economy, provide more good-paying jobs, and enhance |
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| 24 | 24 | | our national security; now, therefore, be it |
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| 25 | 25 | | RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 26 | 26 | | hereby urge Congress and the executive branch of the federal |
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| 27 | 27 | | government to identify key federal regulations currently under the |
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| 28 | 28 | | authority of the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of Energy, or other |
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| 30 | 30 | | federal agencies, to determine whether they should be preserved, |
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| 31 | 31 | | revised, delegated to state agencies, or eliminated; and, be it |
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| 32 | 32 | | further |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature encourage Congress and |
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| 34 | 34 | | the executive branch of the federal government to work in |
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| 35 | 35 | | conjunction with Texas on delegating the authority of federal |
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| 36 | 36 | | energy regulations to the state's regulatory agencies, in an effort |
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| 37 | 37 | | to mitigate the overregulation of the oil and gas industry in the |
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| 38 | 38 | | Lone Star State; and, be it further |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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| 40 | 40 | | copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to |
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| 41 | 41 | | the speaker of the House of Representatives and to the president of |
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| 42 | 42 | | the Senate of the United States Congress, and to all members of the |
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| 43 | 43 | | Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution |
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| 44 | 44 | | be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to |
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| 45 | 45 | | the Congress of the United States of America. |
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