WASHINGTON – Ahead of tonight’s GOP debate in Milwaukee, the American Energy Alliance has compiled a list of questions for each of the candidates. The questions relate to the findings of AEA’s newly released 2016 Presidential Candidates Energy Scorecard:
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Donald Trump Will you release a detailed energy plan like other candidates so the American people understand what your administration might do in this policy area? |
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Marco Rubio Will you oppose efforts to revive the Wind Production Tax Credit in the Senate this fall?During the campaign you have not provided a clear explanation on the Renewable Fuel Standard. Would you favor repeal of this mandate? |
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Ben Carson Will you release a detailed energy plan like other candidates so the American people understand what your administration might do in this policy area? |
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Carly Fiorina Can you explain why you would not be willing to address the Renewable Fuel Standard before 2022 when it will be responsible for increasing gas prices for American consumers in the near term? |
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Ted Cruz Will you oppose efforts to revive the Wind Production Tax Credit in the Senate this fall? |
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Jeb Bush Can you explain why you would not be willing to address the Renewable Fuel Standard before 2022 when it will be responsible for increasing gas prices for American consumers in the near term? With the release of your energy plan you made clear that states like Alaska should be allowed to develop their own energy resources, but earlier you gave a tepid response in regard to the development of ANWR in Alaska. Would your administration support the development of energy in ANWR? |
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Rand Paul Will you oppose efforts to revive the Wind Production Tax Credit in the Senate this fall?During the campaign you have not provided a clear position on the Renewable Fuel Standard. Would you favor repeal of this mandate? |
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John Kasich You and your administration have been vocal critics of President Obama’s power plant regulations. Will your state of Ohio follow other states like IN, WI, OK, and TX that have signaled they will follow a “do no harm” approach by not submitting a state plan until legal resolution? |
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Mike Huckabee The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated the RFS will cause gas prices to increase by 13 to 26 cents by the year 2017. Since you have vocally defended the RFS during your campaign, how high would gas prices have to be increased due to the RFS before you would change your opinion of it? There is video evidence of the fact that you supported cap and trade in 2007, yet later you vocally denied that you said it. Are you prepared to admit that you made a mistake in supporting cap and trade and pledge to undo the President’s regulations if elected? |
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Chris Christie You have been vocally critical of President Obama’s power plant regulations, which threaten to pull New Jersey back into a cap and trade system you rejected. Will your state of New Jersey follow other states like IN, WI, OK, and TX that have signaled they will follow a “do no harm” approach by not submitting a state plan until legal resolution? |
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Rick Santorum The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated the RFS will cause gas prices to increase by 13 to 26 cents by the year 2017. Since you have vocally defended the RFS during your campaign, how high would gas prices have to be increased due to the RFS before you would change your opinion of it? |
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Bobby Jindal You have said that you support a phase out of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), but you have not provided specifics on how soon that should occur. How soon would you seek to completely phase out this mandate? |
Question for all candidates:
President Obama intends to use the carbon rule as the basis for US support of an international agreement at the Paris Climate Conference. Do you plan on being bound to this agreement if he does not receive approval from the US Senate? Would such an agreement developed outside the Senate’s approval influence your promise to withdraw the carbon rule?
Click here to view AEA’s 2016 Candidate Scorecard.
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