Rick Santorum presidential campaign, 2016/Natural resources

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Rick Santorum announced his presidential run on May 27, 2015.[1]



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Energy development
  • On October 13, 2015, Rick Santorum released his Economic Freedom Agenda, which included provisions to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; open up market access to all forms of domestic fuel production; and give states the freedom to choose where they want to explore for oil and natural gas and to set their own regulations for hydrofracking. The centerpiece of the agenda is his 20/20 Flat Tax Plan, which proposes a 20 percent flat tax on individual income and a 20 percent flat tax on business income. The plan also proposed increasing the minimum wage; repealing Obamacare in order to pay for the flat tax proposal; creating work requirements for means-tested entitlement programs; and reducing legal and illegal immigration.[2] [3]
  • During his 2012 presidential campaign, Rick Santorum created an "Economic Freedom Agenda," which, among other things, proposed approving the Keystone XL Pipeline and "allowing states to choose where they want to explore for oil and natural gas and to set their own regulations for hydrofracking."[4]
  • During his 2012 presidential campaign, Santorum expressed his support for fracking.[5]
  • Santorum voted for S.3711 - the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, which proposed expanding oil and gas leasing.[6]
  • In 2005, Santorum voted against S.Amdt.168 to S.Con.Res.18, which proposed banning drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.[7][8]
  • In 2005, Santorum voted against S.Amdt.2626 to S.2020, which proposed imposing "a temporary windfall profits tax on crude oil and to use the proceeds of the tax collected to fund programs under the Low-Income Energy Assistance Act of 1981 through a trust fund."[9]
  • In 2002, Santorum voted for S.Amdt.3132 to S.Amdt.2917, which proposed allowing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.[10][11]
Environmental Protection Agency
  • Rick Santorum voted against S.J.Res.20, which disapproved "the rule submitted by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 15, 2005, relating to the removal of coal- and oil-fired electric generating units from the list of major sources of hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act."[12][13]
Climate change
  • Rick Santorum appeared on “Real Time with Bill Maher” on August 28, 2015, where he disputed the causes of climate change. “There was a survey done of 1,800 scientists and 57 percent said they don't buy off on the idea that CO2 is the knob that's turning the climate. There's hundreds of reasons the climate's changed,” Santorum said.[14]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Rick Santorum to Launch Second White House Bid," May 27, 2015
  2. ↑ Santorum Economic Freedom Agenda, accessed October 14, 2015
  3. ↑ Santorum 2016 website, "Senator Santorum Unveils His Economic Freedom Agenda," accessed October 14, 2015
  4. ↑ Wall Street Journal, "My Economic Freedom Agenda," February 27, 2012
  5. ↑ NPR, "Rick Santorum Loves Fracking and Drilling, Hates Federal Regulation," February 10, 2012
  6. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.3711," accessed March 19, 2015
  7. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.168 to S.Con.Res.18," accessed March 19, 2015
  8. ↑ Senate.gov, "S.Amdt. 168 to S.Con.Res. 18," accessed March 19, 2015
  9. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.2626 to S.2020," accessed March 19, 2015
  10. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.Amdt.3132 to S.Amdt.2917," accessed March 19, 2015
  11. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Murkowski Amendment No. 31323)," accessed March 19, 2015
  12. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.J.Res.20," accessed March 19, 2015
  13. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Joint Resolution (S.J. Res. 20)," accessed March 19, 2015
  14. ↑ The Huffington Post, "Bill Maher Calls Out Rick Santorum On Climate Change," August 29, 2015
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