FreedomWorks is excited to honor Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) as the member of the month for December 2021. He serves in the House of Representatives for Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District, located in the south-central part of the state south of the capital city of Harrisburg.

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FreedomWorks is excited to announce that our bill of the month for June 2021 is the Pausing Unrelenting Markups on Petroleum (PUMP) Act, H.R. 3275. Introduced by Rep. Yvette Herrell (R-N.M.), the bill would temporarily suspend the collection of the 18.4 cents per gallon federal gas tax.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor and sign the discharge petition for the Protecting American Energy Jobs Act, H.R. 859. Introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Co.), the Protecting American Energy Jobs Act would roll back job-killing executive orders that hold back American workers and energy independence.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to support the Energy Sovereignty Act, H.R. 1705. Introduced by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the Energy Sovereignty Act would repeal Section 115 of the Clean Air Act.

Barring any unexpected changes or legitimate legal challenges, it appears that former Vice President Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States. Since this appears to be the inevitable outcome, it is paramount that we turn our attention to those issues most salient to a Biden administration. Chief among these is the issue of climate change and clean energy.

If you happen to peruse Joe Biden’s campaign website, you will find a laundry list of “Biden Plans” for everything from ending racism to reintroducing the failed Cash for Clunkers program for electric vehicles. Among these patently ridiculous proposals sits a seemingly innocuous promise to “establish a technology-neutral Energy Efficiency and Clean Electricity Standard (EECES) for utilities and grid operators.” But behind its sweet sounding title, creating a national EECES could prove to be a disaster for the energy sector.

Following a decade of nearly unprecedented expansion in energy production, news agencies in mid-2019 cheered the approach of long awaited “energy independence.” Yet, by the end of the year, pundits were arguing that the “myth of U.S. energy independence” had evaporated. What happened? In short, both were correct. Although America is approaching total energy independence, we are still far from achieving this goal.