2017S0289-1 02/21/17     By: Estes S.C.R. No. 26       CONCURRENT RESOLUTION          WHEREAS, The Texas Legislature recognizes that this period in   our nation's history represents an opportunity for Texas to work   with the leadership of the federal government to transcend partisan   politics and correct misuses of federal regulatory power that have   threatened the Texas oil and gas industry, the jobs it creates, and   the economy of the state; and          WHEREAS, Texas oil and gas fields have provided a pathway   toward American energy independence from foreign powers, have   afforded financial security to hundreds of thousands of individuals   in Texas, and have delivered safe and reliable energy to fuel our   nation's economy; and          WHEREAS, During the past eight years, the federal government   has promulgated regulations that jeopardize the productivity of the   oil and gas fields of Texas; and          WHEREAS, New federal regulations have been proposed and   implemented despite the protests of Texas and many other oil and gas   producing states, resulting in overregulation that prioritizes   minor environmental gains over major productive losses; and          WHEREAS, The State of Texas has joined many other oil and gas   producing states to file more than 20 lawsuits against federal   overreach; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas   hereby respectfully urge the executive branch and the Congress of   the United States to work in conjunction with the State of Texas to   identify federal regulations promulgated during the last eight   years, especially those promulgated under the authority of the   United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States   Department of the Interior, and the United States Department of   Energy, and determine whether they should be revised, delegated to   state agencies, or eliminated in order to ease the overly   burdensome regulatory patchwork on the oil and gas industry in   Texas; 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 president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of   Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the   members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that   this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a   memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.