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Paul Ryan possible presidential campaign, 2016/Natural resources

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Paul Ryan declined to run for the presidency in 2016. Read more about the events leading up to this decision.


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Possible presidential candidate
Paul Ryan
Political offices:
Current U.S. Representative
(1999-Present)
Date he announced he would not run:
January 12, 2015
Ryan on the issues:
Taxes • Government regulations • International trade • Budgets • Agricultural subsidies • Federal assistance programs • Foreign affairs • Federalism • Natural resources • Healthcare • Immigration • Education • Abortion • Gay rights
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Energy development
  • In 2013, Paul Ryan voted in favor of H.R.1582 - the Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013, a bill that required the EPA to prepare cost/benefit analyses, a price increase estimate and a description of employment effects "before promulgating a final rule that regulates any aspect of the production, supply, distribution, or use of energy (or that provides for such regulation by state or local governments)" that would cost more than $1 billion.[1]
  • Ryan's 2012 "Path to Prosperity" budget criticized the Obama administration's energy policies, citing "punitive regulations on economically competitive sources of energy, coupled with reckless spending on uncompetitive alternatives."[2]
  • In 2008, Ryan voted against HR 6899 - the Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act, which proposed restricting any "oil and gas preleasing or leasing of any area of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that was not available for oil and gas leasing as of July 1, 2008, unless that action is expressly authorized by this Act or a statute enacted by Congress after enactment of this Act."[3]
  • In 2007, Ryan voted against HR 2776 - the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007, which proposed tax incentives "for the production of electricity from renewable resources (e.g., wind, closed and open-loop biomass, geothermal energy, small irrigation power, municipal solid waste, and qualified hydropower)."[4]
Climate change
Keystone XL Pipeline
Endangered Species
  • In 2009, Paul Ryan voted against S 22 - the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, a bill that sought to expand federally protected lands and waters.[6]

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See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.1582 - Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013," accessed April 27, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget, "The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal," accessed April 24, 2015
  3. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.6899 - Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act," accessed April 27, 2015
  4. ↑ Congress.gov, "H.R.2776 - Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007," accessed April 27, 2015
  5. ↑ U.S. Congress, "H.R.2454 - American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009," accessed April 27, 2015
  6. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.22 - Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009," accessed April 27, 2015
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