,,iv  #aag? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ged  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,octob] #bh1 #bjba,mr4
 ,pflug] 7= himself1 ,mr4 ,burgess1 ,mr4
 ,cl\d1 ,mr4 ,cr5%aw1 ,mr4 ,taylor1 ,mr4
 ,bab91 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4   
,gu?rie1 ,mr4 ,bald]son1 ,mr4 ,gohm]t1  
,mr4 ,higg9s ( ,l\isiana1 ,mr4 ,c>t] (  
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,williams ( ,texas1 ,mr4 
,jackson1 ,ms4 ,*5ey1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1    
,mr4 ,brady1 ,mr4 ,mool5a>1 ,mr4        
,?ompson ( ,p5nsylvania1 ,mr4 ,arm/rong1
 ,mr4 ,mann1 ,mr4 ,timmons1 ,mr4        
,mc,kinley1 ,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mr4 ,p5ce1   
,mrs4 ,wagn]1 ,mr4 ,kell]1 ,mr4 ,bo/1   
,mr4 ,clyde1 ,mr4 ,womack1 ,mr4 ,walb]g1
 ,mr4 ,emm]1 ,ms4 ,t5ney1 ,mr4 ,fallon1 
,mr4 ,cl9e1 ,mr4 ,joyce ( ,p5nsylvania1 
,mr4 ,palm]1 ,mr4 ,hill1 ,mr4           
,la,turner1 ,mr4 ,mull91 ,mrs4 ,lesko1  
,mr4 ,duncan1 ,mr4 ,au/9 ,scott (       
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,latta1 ,mr4 ,gro?man1   
,mr4 ,all51 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,web] (    
,texas1 ,mr4 ,res*5?al]1 ,mr4 ,/aub]1   
,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mr4 ,jacobs ( ,new     

,york1 ,mrs4 ,bice ( ,oklahoma1 ,mr4    
,hag$orn1 ,mr4 ,tony ,gonzales ( ,texas1
 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,arr+ton1 ,mr4   
,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,craw=d1 ,mrs4 ,boeb]t1  
,mr4 ,johnson ( ,ohio1 ,mrs4            
,mill]-,meeks1 ,mr4 ,griffi?1 ,mr4      
,good5 ( ,texas1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4   
,ow5s1 ,mr4 ,tiffany1 ,mr4 ,ful*]1 ,mr4 
,bi%op ( ,nor? ,c>ol9a1 ,mr4 ,ad]holt1  
,mr4 ,wilson ( ,s\? ,c>ol9a1 ,mr4       
,ob]nolte1 ,mr4 ,meus]1 ,mr4 ,ellzey1   
,mr4 ,ne:\se1 ,ms4 ,van ,duyne1 ,mr4    
,norman1 ,ms4 ,h]rell1 ,mr4 ,caw?orn1 & 
,mr4 ,b5tz7 submitt$ ! foll[+           
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ,ways & ,means  ,,resolution        
,express+ t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives   
opposes punitive natural gas taxes on   
,unit$ ,/ates bus9esses1 families1 &    
work]s4  ,:]eas ,h\se & ,s5ate          
,democrats h introduc$ num]\s proposals 
t implem5t a punitive fee on me?ane     
emissions f oil & gas op]ations t is    
tantam\nt to a tax on natural gas2      
,:]eas a propos$ natural gas tax w\ld   

increase ! av]age ,unit$ ,/ates family's
 en]gy bill by #ag p]c5t2 ,:]eas a      
propos$ natural gas tax w\ld r$uce !    
,unit$ ,/ates gross dome/ic product by  
#i1jjj1jjj1jjj & result 9 #ij1jjj lo/   
jobs2 ,:]eas rais+ consum]s' en]gy bills
 w\ld violate ,presid5t ,bid5's pl$ge to
 n raise taxes on ^? mak+ less ?an      
#djj1jjj annually2 ,:]eas a natural gas 
tax w increase ! co/s ( ?\s&s (         
manufactur$ products1 includ+ p]sonal   
protective equipm5t & critical m$ic9es2 
,:]eas a natural gas tax w              
disproportionally h>m l[-income         
families2 ,:]eas a natural gas tax on   
en]gy produc]s w negatively impact      
,unit$ ,/ates f>m]s & ran*]s by increas+
 ! co/s ( supplies ne$$ = agricultural  
production2 ,:]eas a natural gas tax on 
,unit$ ,/ates agriculture w inhibit     
dome/ic food production1 significantly  
raise co/s = consum]s1 & make ,unit$    
,/ates f>m]s less competitive globally2 
,:]eas f>m & ran* production sy/ems play
 a key role 9 /r5g!n+ ,unit$ ,/ates     

national security & food security2      
,:]eas ,europe & ,asia are exp]i5c+ an  
en]gy crisis due to a %ortage ( natural 
gas1 result+ 9 record-high en]gy prices 
& fur!r reliance on ,russian natural gas
 & coal2 ,:]eas h&icapp+ ,unit$ ,/ates  
dome/ic en]gy production ?r\gh burd5some
 taxes w\ld emp[] =eign adv]s>ies &     
weak5 ,unit$ ,/ates national security2  
,:]eas a nation t c fe$ & p[] itself is 
inh]5tly saf] & m secure ?an "o t _c2   
,:]eas en]gy security is national       
security2 ,:]eas natural gas is         
fundam5tal to all[+ ! ,unit$ ,/ates to  
lead ! _w 9 r$uc+ gre5h\se gas          
emissions2 ,:]eas ! ,unit$ ,/ates has   
e/abli%$ a long-t]m supply ( natural gas
 to af=dably & reliably p[] our economy 
= decades to come2 ,:]eas ,unit$ ,/ates 
natural gas exports are increas+ly      
critical to e/abli%+ clean1 af=dable p[]
 & rais+ prosp]ity else:]e ar\nd ! _w1 &
 r$uc+ global gre5h\se gas emissions2   
,:]eas1 betwe5 #bjje & #bjai1 c>bon     
dioxide emissions f ! ,unit$ ,/ates p[] 

sector decl9$ by #bh p]c5t1 ) ! g5]ation
 ( p[] f natural gas acc\nt+ = m ?an    
half ( su* decl9e2 ,:]eas1 accord+ to ! 
,environm5tal ,protection ,ag5cy1 me?ane
 emissions f petroleum & natural gas    
sy/ems decl9$ by #ca1ijj1jjj metric tons
 ( c>bon dioxide equival5t f #aiij to   
#bjag1 & ov] ! same p]iod1 natural gas  
production increas$ by #ea p]c5t1 :ile  
oil production increas$ by #hj p]c5t2   
,:]eas ,congress %\ld promote policies t
 all[ = increas$ dome/ic en]gy          
production :ile simultane\sly enc\rag+  
dome/ic produc]s to cont9ue to implem5t 
innovative solutions t r$uce gre5h\se   
gas emissions2 & ,:]eas ! ,unit$ ,/ates 
is ! lead] 9 innovation & cons]vation & 
w cont9ue to l[] emissions1 protect !   
natural environm5t1 & deliv] af=dable1  
reliable en]gy to ,unit$ ,/ates         
families3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se ( 
,repres5tatives opposes punitive natural
 gas taxes on ,unit$ ,/ates bus9esses1  
families1 & work]s4