Thursday, July 10, 2008
Congressman Rogers Signs House Petition To Promote Coal To Liquids.
As Congress returns from the Independence Day recess and gasoline prices climb to over $4.11 per gallon, Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) urged Speaker Nancy Pelosi to immediately bring legislation before the House of Representatives to encourage coal-to-liquid fuel development. Rogers joined like-minded Members of Congress seeking gas price relief and signed a discharge petition to bring up H.R. 2208, the Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Act.
“This week the House of Representatives has named two post offices, protected sharks on the high seas, and commissioned the production of new dollar coins,” stated Rogers. “But Speaker Pelosi can’t seem to schedule legislation that is important to the American people – reducing prices at the pump. H.R. 2208 is a sound strategy for coal-to-liquids development and will help free us from foreign oil addiction, generate competition in our transportation fuel supply, and create good-paying energy sector jobs in southern and eastern Kentucky.”
Coal liquefaction is the process of converting coal into a transportation fuel and continues to hold great promise as a domestic alternative to foreign oil, particularly for diesel and jet fuel purposes. H.R. 2208, introduced by Democratic Congressman Rick Boucher (VA-09), would authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into price guarantee agreements with up to six coal-to-liquids projects that produce innovative transportation fuel. Through these agreements, H.R. 2208 creates a level of certainty for private investment in domestic coal-to-liquids production.
With a simple majority of signatories, a discharge petition requires a legislative measure to be considered by the full House of Representatives under the rules. In recent weeks, Rogers has signed a number of petitions calling for Speaker Pelosi to bring federal legislation which reduces gas prices to the floor for debate. These measures include lifting the 28-year ban on new oil and gas leases along the outer continental shelf, opening up 2000 acres of the arctic region of Alaska to drilling, ending the ban on federal procurement of alternative fuels, and immediately permitting three new oil refineries.
Rogers will continue to press Speaker Pelosi to bring forward legislative measures to reduce the price of gasoline for the American public and urge the President to work with Congress to increase the production of American energy.
“This week the House of Representatives has named two post offices, protected sharks on the high seas, and commissioned the production of new dollar coins,” stated Rogers. “But Speaker Pelosi can’t seem to schedule legislation that is important to the American people – reducing prices at the pump. H.R. 2208 is a sound strategy for coal-to-liquids development and will help free us from foreign oil addiction, generate competition in our transportation fuel supply, and create good-paying energy sector jobs in southern and eastern Kentucky.”
Coal liquefaction is the process of converting coal into a transportation fuel and continues to hold great promise as a domestic alternative to foreign oil, particularly for diesel and jet fuel purposes. H.R. 2208, introduced by Democratic Congressman Rick Boucher (VA-09), would authorize the Secretary of Energy to enter into price guarantee agreements with up to six coal-to-liquids projects that produce innovative transportation fuel. Through these agreements, H.R. 2208 creates a level of certainty for private investment in domestic coal-to-liquids production.
With a simple majority of signatories, a discharge petition requires a legislative measure to be considered by the full House of Representatives under the rules. In recent weeks, Rogers has signed a number of petitions calling for Speaker Pelosi to bring federal legislation which reduces gas prices to the floor for debate. These measures include lifting the 28-year ban on new oil and gas leases along the outer continental shelf, opening up 2000 acres of the arctic region of Alaska to drilling, ending the ban on federal procurement of alternative fuels, and immediately permitting three new oil refineries.
Rogers will continue to press Speaker Pelosi to bring forward legislative measures to reduce the price of gasoline for the American public and urge the President to work with Congress to increase the production of American energy.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 9:46 AM 
