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Time and time again Ralph Hall tells voters that American soldiers will have to "fight a war and take some energy away from someone." Does this represent your values? It doesn't represent mine. I believe it's time to stop talking about stealing and to start investing in America.
My campaign has produced a short video using Hall's own words to expose his values. Please circulate it to your family and friends.
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The wizards of Wall Street are threatening the survival of our republic and the free market. They want Congress to surrender budgetary authority to the President just like it surrendered War Powers during the debate over Iraq. It was wrong then, and it's wrong now. We must have accountability and transparency.
Our Founding Fathers wisely limited each branch of government and assigned each part specific responsibilities. The Constitution is clear-Congress, not the President nor the Federal Reserve, is the "decider." Congress decides how much to spend and what to spend it on. George Bush's request for a blank check to bail out Wall Street strikes at the very heart of our Constitution. If our Representatives write the check without protections for the taxpayers, then the American experiment of limited government will be over.
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A competitive energy market is the key to driving down consumer prices. Right now big oil has a monopoly. We can take steps now to fix this problem. That's why I welcome the new bipartisan energy compromise. The New Energy Reform Act of 2008 includes significant investments in alternative-fuel vehicles; repeals tax breaks for big oil, and opens new areas to offshore drilling. We have to break the gridlock in Congress. American families and small businesses need an energy policy that works for us.
A group of Republican and Democratic Senators unveiled "The New Energy Reform Act of 2008." They pulled ideas from both sides of the aisles in order to reach a deal as fast as possible.
Key features of the bill include:
Providing consumer tax credits of up to $7,500 per vehicle to motivate Americans to buy advanced alternative-fuel vehicles and up to $2,500 to retrofit existing vehicles with advanced alternative-fuel engines
Closing tax loopholes for energy corporations
Increasing the staff at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and funding research and development on nuclear waste recycling
Permitting oil and gas exploration beyond a 50 mile buffer zone off the coast of Florida, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, if those states approve
Maintaining the ban on drilling in ANWAR and close to the coast
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