The House of Representatives has passed a bill to increase domestic energy supplies, including development of a vast new source in the oil shale deposits of the American West. The American Farm Bureau Federation says this bill will help provide the type of energy solutions America needs.
AFBF President Bob Stallman says the bill would end bureaucratic delays facing development of oil shale resources and direct the Interior Department to move ahead with a leasing program. It also allows for the development and recovery of new energy resources in the Outer Continental Shelf, and will open less than 3 percent of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to responsible energy development.
Stallman says - supporting these components will strengthen U.S. energy security, create jobs, promote economic development and benefit America’s farmers and ranchers. Farm Bureau’s long-standing policy is that the United States should pursue a policy of energy development to help strengthen national security and promote economic opportunity at home.
