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WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard said the legislation proposed by Senator Menendez and others to increase taxes by billions of dollars a year on U.S. oil and natural gas companies would hurt our economy and energy security. He urged Congress to reject it:

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 – More than 20 American refinery workers from at least a dozen states are on Capitol Hill this week to meet with policymakers about the critical importance of America’s refineries to the nation’s economy and energy security. The group will visit with members of Congress, their staffs and administration officials to discuss their experiences, their contributions to their communities, and the impact of energy policy on their ability to compete globally.

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2011 – American Petroleum Institute Executive Vice President Marty Durbin today supported the House Natural Resources Committee’s efforts to focus on the need to produce more of America’s oil and natural gas resources, which would create more jobs for our workers and more revenue for our government.

WASHINGTON, April 8, 2011 ─ Nearly seventy U.S. mayors from across the nation and a coalition of thirty Minnesota lawmakers sent letters in the past week to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the State Department to swiftly approve the Keystone XL Pipeline project, which would bring more Canadian oil to U.S. Gulf coast refineries and greatly enhance America’s energy security.

WASHINGTON, April 7, 2011 – API praised the leadership of Chairman Upton and other members of Congress from both parties who voted to stop EPA from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Marty Durbin, API executive vice president, called today’s action an important step toward stopping the EPA’s regulations and called on the president not to ignore this bipartisan vote:

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2011 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard applauded members of Congress who today voted to preserve American jobs by blocking EPA from regulating greenhouse gases. Gerard noted that while no single amendment won enough votes to pass in the Senate, “more than 60 Senators - an overwhelming majority – voted in one way or another to keep the EPA from moving forward.” Gerard also called on President Obama to work with this bipartisan group to come to an agreement:

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2011 – Con Lass, API senior director of federal relations, welcomed legislation introduced today by Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA) of the House Natural Resources Committee that would increase access to our own domestic energy supplies:

WASHINGTON, March 21, 2011 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard said the administration’s offer to exchange batteries for oil from Brazil reflects its inadequate and illogical energy policy:

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2011 – Marty Durbin, API executive vice president, applauded Members of the House Energy and Power Subcommittee who today approved the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, which would prevent EPA actions that could raise energy prices on American consumers and stifle the fragile economic recovery:

API’s President and CEO Jack Gerard today responded to the announcement by BOEMRE Director Bromwich approving one permit for one company to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico: