The Lower Energy Costs Act
This week, House Republicans delivered a major win in the fight for affordable energy for Louisiana families and small businesses. I’m pleased to share that my bill – the Lower Energy Costs Act – passed in the House of Representatives on Thursday.
America can and should be energy independent – we have the technology to produce our own energy cleaner and more efficiently than anywhere else in the world, while lowering costs for hardworking families. The Lower Energy Costs Act will increase American energy production, reform our broken permitting process, reverse the Biden Administration’s radical anti-energy policies, streamline our energy exports and imports, and boost the mining of critical minerals.
The passage of the Lower Energy Costs Act is also a historic moment for our efforts to restore Louisiana’s coast and strengthen our flood protection systems. This bill includes my language to increase our state’s share of offshore drilling revenues and, for the first time ever, would create a framework for our state to receive revenue from any future offshore wind energy projects in the Gulf.
Click here to view my remarks on the House floor on the Lower Energy Costs Act.
