Full Text of HR0724 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The United States relies, and will continue to | 3 | | rely for many years, on gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel despite | 4 | | the recent focus on renewable and alternative sources of | 5 | | energy; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In order to fuel our economy, the United States | 7 | | will need more oil and natural gas, while also requiring | 8 | | additional alternative energy sources; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The United States currently depends on foreign | 10 | | imports for more than one half of its petroleum usage and is | 11 | | the largest consumer of petroleum in the world; U.S. | 12 | | dependence on overseas oil has created difficult geopolitical | 13 | | relationships, with potentially damaging consequences for our | 14 | | national security; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Oil deposits in the Bakken Reserves of Montana, | 16 | | North Dakota, and South Dakota are an increasingly important | 17 | | crude oil resource, representing an estimated 11 billion | 18 | | barrels of recoverable crude oil; there is not enough pipeline | 19 | | capacity for crude oil supplies from Montana, North Dakota, | 20 | | South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas to American refineries; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Canadian oil reserves contain an estimated 170 |
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| 1 | | billion barrels of recoverable oil; Canada is the | 2 | | single-largest supplier of oil to the United States at four | 3 | | million barrels per day and has the capacity to significantly | 4 | | increase that rate; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Keystone XL pipeline will, when completed, | 6 | | carry 700,000 barrels of North American crude oil to American | 7 | | refineries; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Construction of the project will create 120,000 | 9 | | jobs nationwide, including 20,000 in construction and | 10 | | manufacturing, create $20 billion in economic growth, and | 11 | | generate millions of dollars' worth of government receipts; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Studies have found that increasing delivery of | 14 | | crude oil from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and | 15 | | Alberta, as well as Texas and Oklahoma, to American refineries | 16 | | has the potential to substantially reduce our country's | 17 | | dependency on sources outside of North America; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Canada sends more than 99 percent of its oil | 19 | | exports to the United States, the bulk of which goes to | 20 | | Midwestern refineries, and oil companies are investing huge | 21 | | sums to expand and upgrade refineries in the Midwest and | 22 | | elsewhere to make gasoline and other refined products from |
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| 1 | | Canadian oil derived from oil sands; the expansion and upgrade | 2 | | projects will create many new construction jobs and | 3 | | substantially add to the gross product of Illinois; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Ninety percent of the money used to buy Canadian | 5 | | oil will likely later be spent directly on U.S. goods and | 6 | | services in contrast with increasing the trade relationship | 7 | | with unstable regions; supporting the continued shift toward | 8 | | reliable and secure sources of North American oil is of vital | 9 | | interest to the United States and the State of Illinois; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we support the continued and increased development and | 14 | | delivery of oil derived from North American oil reserves to | 15 | | American and Illinois refineries; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That we urge Congress to support continued and | 17 | | increased development and delivery of oil from Canada to the | 18 | | United States; and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That we urge approval of the Keystone XL | 20 | | pipeline project to ensure America's oil independence, improve | 21 | | our national security, reduce the cost of gasoline, create new | 22 | | jobs, and strengthen ties between the United States and |
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| 1 | | Canada; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 3 | | delivered to the President of the United States, the United | 4 | | States Secretary of the Interior, the United States Secretary | 5 | | of Transportation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, | 6 | | and all members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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