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WASHINGTON, December 29, 2009 - American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard issued the following statement on Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell’s letter to Interior Secretary Salazar, urging the Interior Department to allow leasing, without delay, in federal waters off Virginia’s coast:

WASHINGTON, December 8, 2009 - American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Jack Gerard issued the following statement on President Obama’s job creation and TARP speech:

WASHINGTON, December 3, 2009 – The Obama administration has missed an opportunity at its jobs summit by not actively engaging the oil and natural gas industry – an industry that supports 9.2 million American jobs and is poised to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs with the right public policies.

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2009 –The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today from President Jack Gerard on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill hearing:

WASHINGTON, October 26, 2009 - Fifteen labor unions and the American Petroleum Institute, members of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Labor-Management Committee, have written to senior members of Congress to encourage them to support tax policies that will protect and encourage the development of quality U.S. jobs, while at the same time fortifying our nation’s energy and economic security.

WASHINGTON, October 24, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today from President Jack Gerard on the Kerry-Boxer bill:

WASHINGTON, October 16, 2009 - The economic impact of oil sands development in neighboring Canada is a boon for the U.S. economy and is expected to lead to the creation of more than 342,000 new U.S. jobs between 2011 and 2015, a new study by the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI) finds.

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today from President Jack Gerard on the G-20 agreement on eliminating "fossil fuel subsidies":

WASHINGTON, September 24, 2009 - – The U.S. oil and natural gas industry supports more than 9 million American jobs and makes significant economic contributions as an employer and purchaser of American goods and services, a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found.

WASHINGTON, September 23, 2009 - The American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement today from President Jack Gerard on the G-20 economic summit: