The Energy Workforce and Technology Council honored U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) with the Champion of Energy award for what it called his “relentless and uncompromising” commitment to the oil field services industry and the domestic energy sector.
Energy Workforce presented the award to Inhofe during its annual fly-in to Washington, DC, where council members are able to hear from and meet with policy makers and members of Congress.
The Energy Workforce & Technology Council is the national trade association for the energy technology and services sector, representing more than 600,000 jobs in the technology-driven energy value chain.
“I am incredibly honored to receive the Champion of Energy award from the Energy Workforce and Technology Council,” Inhofe said. “For years, the war on Fossil Fuels has raged on. We saw great progress toward energy independence under the Trump administration, but President Biden’s consistently anti-domestic energy agenda has hamstrung the American economy, all while giving the world’s biggest polluters like China a free pass.”
The Senator said he has fought back against the Biden administration’s “indefensible policies” like rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement.
” I am also fighting for the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and reducing the red tape preventing production here at home. I am proud to have organizations like the Energy Workforce and Technology Council by my side as we work towards unleashing America’s energy independence. Let’s keep up the fight.”
“Senator Inhofe is a champion for the domestic energy industry, and a staunch supporter of the men and women in oil field services,” said Leslie Beyer, CEO, Energy Workforce and Technology Council. “His work in the Senate to provide regulatory certainty led to American energy independence and lifted our domestic energy production to becoming gross energy exporters. It is an honor to recognize him for his many accomplishments supporting the industry and our workforce.”
Inhofe is ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and is also a senior member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and serves on the Small Business Committee.
During his time in the Senate, Inhofe has championed policies that encourage the U.S. to meet its energy needs domestically and has worked tirelessly to cut unnecessary and burdensome regulations imposed on the oil and gas industry. In 1999, Inhofe introduced a bill to give states the freedom to make their own decisions about oil and natural gas regulatory structures, including those concerning hydraulic fracturing. The bill was incorporated into the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and provided the regulatory certainty necessary for the shale boom to establish the United States as the global leader in oil and gas production.
Senator Inhofe is an Army veteran and has served in the U.S. Senate representing Oklahoma since 1994. Prior to serving the people of Oklahoma in the U.S. Senate, Inhofe served in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Oklahoma House and Senate and as Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Source: press release
