House Republicans unveil energy agenda

House Republicans unveiled their energy policy agenda Wednesday morning on the steps of the Capitol, hoping to put a spate of bad headlines behind them and seize the upper hand on a critical issue, as gas prices once again hit record highs.

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The Republican agenda also called for conservation tax credits, the increased use of nuclear power, an emphasis on coal to liquid technologies and for construction of new oil refineries.

On the production issue, Republicans called for increased drilling in the outer continental shelf, tapping into domestic oil share reserves and once again calling for drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge, which has been a flashpoint in the energy debate going back to the early 1990s.

“It defies reality that China is drilling for oil off the coast of Cuba, we cannot drill off of our own shoresaid Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.).

Jeb Bush to Bush administration: No new drilling in Gulf off Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Gov. Jeb Bush has told his brother's new administration not to open up Florida's Gulf Coast to more offshore oil and gas drilling -- a message President Bush already has said he will heed.
(1/26/01)

http://www.mindfully.org/Energy/Bush-to-Bush-No-Drill.htm

"It defies reality that China is drilling for oil off the coast of Cuba"