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Frank Lucas

  • OK SB 1440, Blowing Away Wind Development in Eastern Oklahoma

    Senate Bill 1440, putting a moratorium on investment in wind energy East of I- 35 has passed, in the Oklahoma Senate. The bill puts a moratorium for three years on development of wind energy in the eastern half of the state, saying that the issue needs more study. Upon analysis, the bill is nothing more… Read more

  • Congressman Lucas' 2013 Town Hall Meeting

    Election season is coming up, and many of our Representatives are holding town hall meetings. It is important that voters attend as many of these as possible, not only to express their opinions, but to decide if they wish to return the representative to Washington in the elections in 2014. This is a report on… Read more

  • Congressman Lucas' Town Hall Meetings II

    Election season is coming up, and many of our Representatives are holding town hall meetings. It is important that voters attend as many of these as possible, not only to express their opinions, but to decide if they wish to return the representative to Washington in the elections in 2012. This is a report on… Read more

  • Congressman Lucas' Town Hall Meetings I

    Election season is coming up, and many of our Representatives are holding town hall meetings. It is important that voters attend as many of these as possible, not only to express their opinions, but to decide if they wish to return the representative to Washington in the elections in 2012. This is a report on… Read more

  • Should the EPA Limit Carbon Emissions?

    The U.S. Republican leaders are blocking climate legislation, leaving the EPA in the position of having to regulate carbon emissions. Many Republicans in Congress are unhappy with the EPA and are now claiming the EPA regulation of CO2 is a “power grab”. Read more

  • Both a Congressman & Wealth Redistribution in Camouflage

    Dan Boren(D-OK) seems to be camouflaging himself as a Democrat and the “Flat Tax” scheme he supports as a fairer tax. Read more

  • Is EPA Regulation of CO2 a "Power Grab"?

    Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK), in Frankly Speaking (3/10/2010), wants to rein in what he calls “the EPA power grab” to limit carbon emissions. That is hardly the case. The Supreme Court, in Massachusetts v. EPA, ordered the environmental protection agency to make a determination as to whether carbon dioxide is a pollutant. The EPA has… Read more

  • Cap and Trade Requires Payment of "True Cost"

    Cap and trade reflects the true cost of using a resource as it includes the cost of cleaning up the environment and disposing of the waste. No one really knows what the cost of a cap-and-trade bill would be – or what the cost would be of doing nothing. Cap-and-trade has worked successfully in the… Read more