House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) at a press conference today announced what he called an “American Energy Initiative,” legislation that would encourage more oil-and-gas exploration, streamlining of the permit process to allow the first new nuclear reactors in decades to be built, and legislation to block the EPA’s climate-change regulations. With prices at the pump up more than ten percent in just one month, Boehner criticized the Obama administration’s policies on energy, saying that the administration has “consistently blocked” domestic energy production. The GOP has criticized the Obama administration for preventing the resumption of deepwater drilling projects that the White House halted after last summer's BP oil spill.
“As gas prices go up” said the Speaker, “the cost of everyday life goes up. It costs more to drive to work, it costs more to buy groceries, or just to get the kids to school.”
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