PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
- Obama’s Cap-and-Trade program (Heritage Foundation) (Bloomberg)
- Obama Opposes ANWR Drilling (TIME)
- Obama’s War on Domestic Energy Production (Institute for Energy Research)
- Obama’s Offshore Drilling Moratorium (House Natural Resources Committee)
- Gas prices have more than doubled since Obama took office (Gas Buddy)
- Obama’s Secretary of Energy Steven Chu says Obama’s goal is not to lower gas prices (YouTube)
REP. ED PERLMUTTER
- Perlmutter votes against the Keystone Pipeline (House Clerk) (Bloomberg)
- Perlmutter votes for Cap-and-Trade (Colorado Statesman)
- Perlmutter votes against overturning Obama’s offshore moratorium (House Clerk)
- Perlmutter votes against the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act (House Clerk)
- Perlmutter: “I do not believe we need to open up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) to oil exploration.” (Aurora Sentinel)
IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD
- Iran threatens to close Strait of Hormuz (U.K. Telegraph)
- Ahmadinejad calls $115 a barrel oil prices too low (Economic Times)
- Iran is member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- OPEC limits oil production, which in turn raises gas prices (CNBC)
STATE REP. JOE MIKLOSI
- Miklosi votes against HR 12-1004, a revised Bureau of Land Management plan to increase Colorado energy production (Colorado General Assembly)
- Miklosi votes for the “most restrictive” state oil and gas rules in the country, HB 09-1292 (Colorado General Assembly) (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
- Miklosi votes against HR 11-1013, which “Ask(ed) the federal government and Colorado state officials to remove onerous regulations and increase domestic oil and gas production to improve our national security and free the United States from a dangerous reliance on foreign oil.” (Colorado General Assembly)
STATE REP. SAL PACE
- Pace calls for energy development delay in Colorado (NBC)
- Pace votes for the “most restrictive” state oil and gas rules in the country, HB 09-1292 (Colorado General Assembly) (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
- Pace votes against HR 11-1013, which “Ask(ed) the federal government and Colorado state officials to remove onerous regulations and increase domestic oil and gas production to improve our national security and free the United States from a dangerous reliance on foreign oil.” (Colorado General Assembly)
