Bill Text: MO HCR5 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges Congress to support importation of Canadian oil sands and ask for the approval of the TransCanada Keystone Coast Expansion pipeline

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-10 - Senate Message (S) [HCR5 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2014-HCR5-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

House Concurrent Resolution No. 5

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ENGLISH (Sponsor), LEARA, LICHTENEGGER, ZERR, MAYFIELD, MIMS, MCCAHERTY, DOHRMAN, JUSTUS, KOLKMEYER, MCGAUGH, LOVE, MUNTZEL, WALKER, RUNIONS, WIELAND, FUNDERBURK, BURNS, BLACK, KELLEY (127), WHITE, ALLEN AND JONES (110) (Co-sponsors).

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            WHEREAS, the United States is still many years away from ending its dependency on nonrenewable resources despite recent focus on renewable energy. In order to fuel our economy, the United States will need more oil and natural gas, while also requiring additional alternative energy sources like ethanol and other renewables; and

 

            WHEREAS, the United States currently depends on foreign imports for more than half of our petroleum usage. As the largest consumer of petroleum in the world, our dependence on foreign oil has created difficult geopolitical relationships with damaging consequences for our national security; and

 

            WHEREAS, Canadian oil reserves are vast and are second only to Saudi Arabia, using current measurements. Oil sands now account for more than half of western Canada's total oil output; and

 

            WHEREAS, a recent study by the United States Department of Energy found that growing Canadian oil sands importation by the United States has the potential to substantially reduce the United States' dependency on sources outside of North America; and

 

            WHEREAS, Canada is a friendly neighbor with whom the United States has an excellent trading and political relationship. Canada sends more than 99% of its oil exports to the United States, the bulk of which goes to Midwestern refineries. Canadian oil sands provide greater fuel supply reliability and reduce the risk of supply disruptions to consumers; and

 

            WHEREAS, oil companies are investing large sums to expand and upgrade refineries in the Midwest and elsewhere to make gasoline and other refined products from the Canadian oil derived from oil sands; and

 

            WHEREAS, some of the money used to buy Canadian oil will likely later be spent on imported U.S. goods and services, contrasting with the money sent to hostile oil-producing governments which may then be used to further anti-Western agendas; and

 

            WHEREAS, supporting the continued shift towards reliable and secure sources of Canadian oil is of vital interest to the United States and the State of Missouri:

 

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-seventh General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby:

 

            (1) Support continued and increased importation of Canadian oil sands;

 

            (2) Urge Congress to support continued and increased importation of Canadian oil sands;

 

            (3) Urge Congress to ask the United States Secretary of State to approve the TransCanada Keystone Coast Expansion pipeline project that has been awaiting a presidential permit since 2008 to reduce dependence on unstable governments, improve our national security, and strengthen ties with an important ally; and

 

            BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation.

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