Voting Resources
Energy
An “all of the above” approach to energy issues is what’s needed in a changing world. Oil and gas power the world. That’s reality. So, any change in how our energy demands are met needs to be market-driven and not dictated by Washington bureaucrats. Texas is a major oil and gas producer but we’re also number one in wind energy, for example. That innovation was brought about by free market thinking, not big government intervention.
October 30th, 2023
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S.
October 24th, 2023
The Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on the continued federal overreach of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on chemicals used for life-saving medical devices and essential products. Chemicals make up a...
September 19th, 2023
The House recently Passed H.R. 1435, the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act, which prevents the EPA from imposing new regulations that would ban sales of new motor vehicles with gas-powered internal combustion...
September 6th, 2023
On the campaign trail, President Biden promised to kill the fossil fuel industry, and that's the only promise we can count on him keeping. His latest tactic—listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as an endangered species so he...
August 18th, 2023
Senator Bernie Sanders recently published an op-ed in Fox News titled "Climate Change Is a Threat to Our Planet — And We Must Address It" calling for urgent action to address climate change by shifting away from fossil fuels...
July 27th, 2023
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va), secured Senate passage of their bipartisan amendment to the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act prohibiting the sale of Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR...
July 5th, 2023
The "experts" President Biden has placed in charge of our country's energy and national security at the Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Bureau of...
July 3rd, 2023
This week, I reintroduced the Real Emergencies Act with U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.). Our bill clarifies that the President does not have the authority to declare a national emergency on the premise of climate...
May 30th, 2023
This week I spoke with the Biden Administration’s Environmental and Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Administrator, Dr. Earthea Nance.
May 16th, 2023
I just had the opportunity to hold the EPA Administrator accountable for the Agency's overreaching actions limiting energy production in the Permian Basin in an Energy and Commerce Committee Hearing.
October 25th, 2023
U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) today introduced the Grid Resilience Innovation and Development (GRID) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of Energy to research how quantum...
October 5th, 2023
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), joined Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) to introduce a resolution to designate October 4, 2023, as National Energy Appreciation Day to celebrate the men and women who work to power the United States....
September 11th, 2023
The Biden Administration just announced proposed restrictions and the cancelation of seven drilling leases in Alaska's North Slope. This is yet another attack on American-made energy in President Biden's war on fossil fuels...
August 28th, 2023
Since President Biden took office over two years ago, costs for Americans have skyrocketed. President Biden's 'Bidenomics' plan is making everyday goods unaffordable. Since President Biden Took Office:
August 1st, 2023
Washington, D.C.-- Rep. Pat Fallon (TX-04) recently introduced the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Security Assessment Act which would require the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct an annual assessment of both physical...
July 17th, 2023
On the campaign trail, President Biden promised to kill the fossil fuel industry, and that’s about the only promise we can count on him to keep.
July 5th, 2023
The Biden Administration's U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service today announced that they are listing the dunes sagebrush lizard as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
June 26th, 2023
Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted to advance the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
May 25th, 2023
As the Chairman of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT), I am committed to telling the story of the men and women in the energy industry who, through hard work and innovation, have unlocked abundant American energy and lifted...
May 12th, 2023
I had a wonderful time out in the district this week. One of the stops we made was to Oxy Permian in Midland for an employee town hall. We discussed House Republicans’ efforts to fix the debt limit crisis and restore energy...
