IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 339 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that an ‘‘all-of-the- 
above’’ energy strategy is the most viable approach to energy policy. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2023 
Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, 
Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. LAMALFA, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. 
VALADAO, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. 
JACKSON of Texas, Mr. FALLON, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mr. MOORE of Ala-
bama, Mr. OWENS, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. SMITH of Ne-
braska, Mr. MANN, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. STEWART, 
Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. ISSA, Mr. ESTES, Mr. DUN-
CAN, Mr. NEHLS, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
an ‘‘all-of-the-above’’ energy strategy is the most viable 
approach to energy policy. 
Whereas global energy consumption is predicted to increase 
by 50 percent by 2050, with petroleum and other liquid 
fuels remaining the largest energy source; 
Whereas oil and gas revenues from production on Federal 
land for fiscal year 2022 totaled $7,600,000,000 for on-
shore and $6,300,000,000 for the offshore Gulf of Mex-
ico; 
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Whereas oil and gas revenues provide billions of dollars annu-
ally to States for critical infrastructure, public safety, 
local schools, hospitals, and other essential services; 
Whereas the United States produces some of the cleanest 
barrels of oil in the world, especially oil produced in the 
Gulf of Mexico, which has the carbon intensity of one- 
half that of other producing regions; 
Whereas, since 2005, two-thirds of the power sector green-
house gas emissions reductions have been driven by in-
creased natural gas production; 
Whereas the United States has reduced its methane emis-
sions by more than 10 percent due to increased innova-
tion and utilization of natural gas; 
Whereas United States natural gas exports to the European 
Union reduce the European Union’s reliance on Russian 
energy in a time of war; 
Whereas United States companies provided 50 percent of Eu-
rope’s liquefied natural gas supplies in 2022, along with 
12 percent of its oil; 
Whereas increased domestic usage of natural gas will reduce 
United States dependence on foreign energy and 
strengthen national security; 
Whereas United States dependence on mineral imports has 
doubled over the past 20 years; 
Whereas less than half of the mineral needs of the manufac-
turing industry of the United States are met by minerals 
that were domestically mined, and permitting delays re-
sult in imports from other countries, primarily geo-
political adversaries; 
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Whereas domestically mined minerals are sourced with safe 
labor conditions in a manner that prioritizes environ-
mental impact; 
Whereas demand for graphite, lithium, and cobalt is esti-
mated to increase by 500 percent by 2050; 
Whereas China is the leader in global production of the min-
erals market, often utilizing slave labor; 
Whereas 
nuclear 
power 
plants 
have 
produced 
778,000,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in 2021; 
Whereas nuclear energy has generated roughly 20 percent of 
the electricity used in the United States since 1990; 
Whereas nuclear reactors provide the United States with 78 
percent of its carbon-free electricity; 
Whereas nuclear power plants are highly reliable and consist-
ently operate over 92 percent of the time in 30 different 
States; 
Whereas United States nuclear plants are more than 100 
times safer than the safety goals set by nuclear regu-
lators for such nuclear power plants; 
Whereas the infrastructure and facilities of nuclear power 
plants are durably designed to be a vital baseload energy 
supplier in periods of extreme weather events; 
Whereas the United States has abundant coal reserves, in-
cluding a demonstrated reserve base estimated to contain 
475,000,000,000 short tons; 
Whereas United States coal resources are used to generate 
almost 20 percent of the country’s electricity at a con-
sumer friendly cost; 
Whereas hydropower is a source of emissions-free, baseload 
power that accounts for 6 percent of total United States 
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electricity generation, enough to power over 24,000,000 
homes; 
Whereas hydropower is dependable, flexible, and able to re-
start the electric system after major outages; 
Whereas communities, both rural and metropolitan, in the 
Western United States rely on hydropower as a vital en-
ergy source; 
Whereas corn-based ethanol and renewable diesel are proven 
to lower greenhouse gas emissions while providing cost 
relief for American consumers; 
Whereas renewable sources of energy account for 11 percent 
of domestic energy consumption; and 
Whereas solar and wind produce zero-emission electricity and 
are a necessary piece of an ‘‘all-of-the-above’’ energy ap-
proach, so long as the panels and turbines are produced 
in the United States and not sourced from economic ad-
versaries: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) an ‘‘all-of-the-above’’ approach to energy is 
the most viable approach to American energy inde-
pendence; 
(2) energy security is an issue of national secu-
rity; and 
(3) increased domestic energy production will 
result in lower energy prices for American con-
sumers. 
Æ 
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