How federal policies keep us running on empty by preventing access to our gas and oil resources: slowing development, restricting access, and social engineering.

1. August 25, 2011 Marietta, GA Patti Gettinger, Vice-Chair Georgia Tea Party How Federal Policies Keep Us Running on Empty

2. How Federal Policies Keep Us Running on Empty Slow Process Use Social Engineering Restrict Access Three Strategies

5. "Under EPA’s interpretation of its veto power, no permit holder receives a final permit on which he can rely. No matter how much effort, time, and cost the permit holder may expend in permit preparation, acquisition, and compliance, he can never be sure he has a vested right in the permit issued. The EPA can snatch the permit away at any time. This is the essence of arbitrary government." --Reed Hopper, Pacific Legal Foundation

8. "Keeping our energy riches locked up and out of reach makes about as much sense as a millionaire keeping all his cash stuffed in a mattress and then begging for money because he won't give himself access to his own fortune. We need to take advantage of our energy wealth ." --Charles T. Drevna, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association

10. "Over the past four decades, the federal government has been restricting Americans access to their own domestic energy reserves, increasing the cost of production and distribution of electricity and transportation fuels through price controls, energy taxes, overregulation, and drilling moratoriums using the politicians’ favorite tactic of fear-mongering in the name of environmental protection ." - Alexandra Liddy Bourne, American Energy Freedom Center

12. The Majority of the House “Gets It” “EPA’s regulatory jihad” - Rep. John Mica “ EPA’s ideological war” --Rep Shelley Capito “ EPA is aggressively moving forward to regulate nearly all aspects of American life” ---Rep. James Inhofe “ EPA’s…radical agenda” ---Rep Bob Gibbs “ DoE’s inability to answer fundamental and straightforward questions about programs --Rep. Andy Harris Amendments to defund the EPA, DoE and other agencies with regulatory overreach Letters from both Republicans and Democrats asking for regulatory revisions

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17. Sincere thanks to the efforts of: Americans for Prosperity Heartland Institute