Pennsylvania Update

Republican Leader, my Congressman and a Great American -- John Boehner -- continued along the I-90 corridor today with a stop in Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District for an event with Rep. Phil English. English says “we're facing an economic crisis that is driven by the high and unstable cost of energy.” The answer, he says, is “greater energy independence.”

English is backing an “All of the Above” energy reform strategy to help lower gas prices, create new jobs, and strengthen our economy.

According to WYTV, English “believes a way to claim that [energy] independence is to open up more land” for environmentally safe energy exploration and production. In addition, he has sponsored a series of other pro-energy initiatives, including:

Legislation providing tax incentives for businesses and homeowners who improve their energy efficiency (H.R. 5984).

Legislation permanently extending the tax credit for alternative energy production, including wind, solar and hydrogen (H.R. 2652).

A discharge petition on legislation (H.R. 2279) to expedite the construction of new refining capacity on closed military installations in the United States.