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Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) this week joined a coalition of free market organizations urging Senate lawmakers to pass H.J. Res. 36, a resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) rule relating to “Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation” more commonly referred to as the BLM’sMethane Rule.” 

The BLM Methane Rule is a product of federal regulatory overreach, released in the eleventh hour by the Obama Administration that served only to preserve the former President’s legacy at the expense of responsible U.S. energy production. BLM not only lacks the statutory authority to enact the Methane Rule, but the rule is also duplicative and wholly unnecessary. 

The coalition letter released this week and signed by ATR expresses the sentiment to Senate lawmakers that:

“The American people expect you to promote pro-growth policies that support affordable energy, jobs, and economic freedom. The BLM methane rule is not one of those policies…[and] must be undone, and the CRA is the ideal method for doing so. We ask the Majority Leader to bring this resolution to the floor and urge all Senators to vote yes.”

Full text of the letter can be found here.

 

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