Vitter to Obama: Good Economic Advice – Open Federal Lands to Leasing
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to open more federal lands to oil and gas leasing. Vitter cites a report by Louisiana State University Economist Joseph Mason that demonstrates the potential economic benefits of allowing access to thes... Read More
Vitter Leads Senators, Caution NRC on Hasty Rule Implementation
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Senator David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, along with six other Senators urged Chairman Allison Macfarlane of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to carefully approach regulatory changes before implementing costly requirements.... Read More
Vitter, Bipartisan Group of Senators Oppose EPA’s Tier 3 Gasoline Regulations
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today Senator David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, led five Senators in a bipartisan letter urging President Obama not to move forward with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal for Tier 3 regulations addressing the su... Read More
Vitter: EPA Ignoring Reality on Renewable Fuels Standard
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican of the Environment and Public Works Committee, made the following statement regarding today’s announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the 2013 Renewable Fuels Standards (RFS) and the required volume o... Read More
Vitter Works to Improve Energy Economy with Series of Energy Bills
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today announced several bills he is introducing to improve the United States energy economy, including expanding access to the outer continental shelf, permitting for the Keystone XL Pipeline, and fighting against a carbon tax and the over-regulating of t... Read More
Vitter, Inhofe Call EPA’s Report on Hydraulic Fracturing in Wyoming a Failure
U.S. Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) called on Environment Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson to answer questions about the science used in a hydraulic fracturing report in Wyoming. The Senators highlight missteps and setbacks with the EPA’s draft report... Read More
Vitter Agrees With Salazar… Past Time for Him to Step Down
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) today made the following comment regarding news reports that U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will be stepping down by the end of March. “I wish Ken Salazar, a Senate classmate, all the best. But I honestly won't miss him... Read More
Vitter: USGS Says Hydraulic Fracturing is Safe in Fayetteville
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) made the following statement regarding news from the completed U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study that examined the water quality of 127 shallow domestic wells in the... Read More
Vitter: Britain Moves Toward Fracking Because It Works
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to reconsider the administration’s campaign against hydraulic fracturing, “fracking.” Vitter highlights that the United Kingdom recently allowed fracking on Britain’s lands.
Vitter, Alexander Seek Answers on Administration’s Offshore Wind Lease in Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today sent a letter to U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asking him to explain the administration’s economic reasoning in allowing an offshore lease sale for wind energy in the Atlantic Ocean. The senat... Read More
