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API Executive Vice President Louis Finkel made the following remarks in response to an anti-consumer proposal to restrict energy development on federal lands, which could raise energy costs on consumers, destroy American jobs, deprive the federal government of billions in revenue, and weaken our national security.

黑料社淭his extreme proposal is anti-consumer and anti-jobs. It could significantly raise energy costs, destroy tens of thousands of well-paying American jobs, eliminate billions of dollars in federal revenue, and put a big dent in one of the few bright spots of our economy. Analysis of the latest government figures show that oil and gas production supported nearly half a million jobs.

黑料社淐onsumers demand and rely on affordable energy. Shutting off America黑料社檚 development of our abundant resources on federal lands would make us more dependent on foreign sources of oil and gas 黑料社� just when we have decreased our dependency on foreign oil from 58 - 26%, over the last 10 years.

黑料社淐utting off development of energy resources from federal lands will also deprive the Federal Government of billions of dollars in tax revenue. The false choice is a political stunt by those who are spouting populist rhetoric for political points; they are not being honest with American voters.黑料社�

Fossil fuels provide more than 80% of the energy Americans use every day, according to the Energy Information Administration. The government黑料社檚 own estimates show that we will need oil and natural gas for decades to come and it黑料社檚 a critical part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy that makes our country strong.

黑料社淥ur nation has become a global leader in energy production and at the same time is leading the world in reducing carbon emissions which are down to 27 year lows largely due to the affordable and abundant supply of natural gas. We are also the top industry investing in low and zero-emission technologies, and spend almost as much as the federal government on these technologies.黑料社�

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