Energy

Following the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of the final rules for the 2014-2016 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Steve Womack (R-Ark.), and Jim Costa (D-Calif.) released the following statement: “The EPA’s decision to funnel more ethanol into the fuel supply is terribly disappointing. The RFS requirements announced today… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline: “Americans want the opportunities created by the Keystone XL.  I am disappointed, but not surprised, that President Obama has again put a restrictive energy agenda and the call of extreme environmental groups over the interests of honest… Read more »

U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton – along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman – are questioning the timing of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) release of its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Plains and Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project.  In a letter sent Wednesday to DOE Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, the… Read more »

U.S. Senator John Boozman and Congressman Steve Womack today delivered statements about the importance of the Assuring Private Property Rights Over Vast Areas to Land (APPROVAL) Act before Congressman Bruce Westerman and members of the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. The APPROVAL Act would restore states’ rights to approve or reject an… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement after supporting House passage of H.R. 702, a bill to adapt to changing crude oil market conditions and lift the crude oil export ban: “Since I was elected to Congress, I have supported an all-of-the-above approach to our nation’s energy policy; the passage of this important legislation continues that record with the… Read more »

U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman—are asking Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz to address their detailed concerns about the federal government’s possible unprecedented partnership with a third party to construct an electrical transmission project through Arkansas.  The Department of Energy… Read more »

By now, you have likely heard of the finalization of what the Obama Administration has dubbed the “Clean Power Plan” to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing power plants. Given the drastic effects this plan will have on the state of Arkansas, in this week’s newsletter (which you can sign up to receive here), I needed to offer my perspective on what I like to call an… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today released the following statement regarding President Obama's announced Clean Power Plan (CPP):  “The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to act with total disregard for the average American's energy bill in carrying out the will of this radical Administration.  The decision to finalize the Clean Power Plan under the… Read more »

Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) – along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1), French Hill (AR-2), and Bruce Westerman (AR-4) – yesterday introduced H.R. 3062, a bill to grant a state the right to approve or reject an electric transmission project prior to the federal government’s execution of newfound authority to take private property.  The Assuring Private Property Rights Over… Read more »

U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) – along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1) French Hill (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Bruce Westerman (AR-4) – today requested that the Department of Energy (DOE) extend the comment period for the need and feasibility review of the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project.  In a letter… Read more »