85R10992 RMA-D     By: Darby H.C.R. No. 84       CONCURRENT RESOLUTION          WHEREAS, Throughout the Obama administration, the federal   government waged a campaign of overregulation that caused   significant harm to the oil and gas industry in the Lone Star State;   and          WHEREAS, Despite protests from Texas and other oil- and   gas-producing states, the U.S. government has implemented a litany   of massive federal regulations, resulting in an unnavigable network   of rules and guidelines that has produced greater economic hardship   but insignificant environmental benefits; such policies have led   the State of Texas to join with many other oil- and gas-producing   states in filing more than 20 lawsuits against federal overreach;   and          WHEREAS, A flourishing oil and gas industry in Texas is vital   to our nation's energy independence from foreign and hostile energy   cartels; it is paramount that the federal government transcend   partisan politics and stop misusing regulatory power and instead   work with Texas to create better energy policies that will   strengthen our economy, provide more good-paying jobs, and enhance   our national security; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas   hereby urge Congress and the executive branch of the federal   government to identify key federal regulations currently under the   authority of the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S.   Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of Energy, or other   federal agencies, to determine whether they should be preserved,   revised, delegated to state agencies, or eliminated; and, be it   further          RESOLVED, That the Texas Legislature encourage Congress and   the executive branch of the federal government to work in   conjunction with Texas on delegating the authority of federal   energy regulations to the state's regulatory agencies, in an effort   to mitigate the overregulation of the oil and gas industry in the   Lone Star State; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official   copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to   the speaker of the House of Representatives and to the president of   the Senate of the United States Congress, and to all members of the   Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this resolution   be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to   the Congress of the United States of America.