Washington, DC (March 28, 2017) Congressman Steve Pearce today released the following statement after President Trump signed the Energy Independence Executive Order:

"The Obama Administration continuously attacked our nation's production of reliable energy resources, which crippled economic opportunity in New Mexico and across the nation. Today's Executive Order by President Trump revamps our nation's energy production by declaring an end to the War on Coal, the BLM's hydraulic fracturing rule, the BLM's venting and flaring rules, and the EPA's methane rule. Overturning these job-killing regulations will reduce government overreach and return the power back to the states where it belongs."

Rep. Pearce continued to state, "New Mexicans deserve affordable energy and greater access to good-paying jobs that comes with domestic energy production. Relieving our nation of some of these harmful Obama-era energy regulations allows us to move towards an G