Mark Meadows: “As a result of the shale energy revolution, the United States is benefiting from the economic and energy security and, I…”

“As a result of the shale energy revolution, the United States is benefiting from the economic and energy security and, I might add, environmental benefits of a natural gas abundance. However, the EPA is threatening to take this energy advantage and make it a disadvantage. The EPA is currently trying to further regulate the byproduct of natural gas production, that of methane gas. The EPA, under the Obama administration, is at its worst. The Obama administration mission is clear: if it is not a ``green'' energy source that he likes, it should not exist. And Obama has proven that he will use the EPA to do all he can to make it more difficult and expensive for American families to utilize this incredibly wonderful source of natural gas that we have here in America. Lower energy prices for Americans, and we have also helped the environment. So I would urge all of my colleagues to join me in opposing the burdensome mandates that will unnecessarily hinder natural gas production in the United States, thereby dismantling and diminishing the energy advantage that we have today. ____________________”