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Sen. Rob Portman Pushes For Fracking In Ohio

ONNTV -- Senator Rob Portman talked about energy at The Ohio State University on Tuesday.

Ohio has the potential of a gold mine under the Marcellus and Utica shale when it comes to fracking, ONN's Jim Heat reported.

Portman believes that it should be incorporated into a federal energy policy.

"Well we are creating jobs already. So far we've created thousands of jobs already. There is a recent study that says we are going to create 12,000 jobs this year through fracking and horizontal drilling," said Portman.

Portman said that America's goal should be to produce more energy, but use less. He said that shale oil, and fracking, will help create over 200,000 jobs in Ohio.

Portman also blames the Obama administration for slowing down federal loan guarantees to USEC to help fuel about three dozen...

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Submitted May 02, 2012 By: fracknsave

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jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,893 Points:618,470 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: May 3, 2012 7:53:49 AM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse Portman blames...... where have I heard that before?
gasokie Champion Author Oklahoma Posts:3,487 Points:1,346,755 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 6:59:12 PM Ignore gasokie Report Abuse Good for him. Great to see someone who has done their homework before getting on the stump.
md11capt Champion Author Denver Posts:3,558 Points:729,180 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 6:45:47 PM Ignore md11capt Report Abuse Frack Senator Portman.
Lugi1967 Champion Author Ohio Posts:4,916 Points:1,028,685 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 4:48:12 PM Ignore Lugi1967 Report Abuse At least he supports it
investmentdr Champion Author Cleveland Posts:4,122 Points:1,479,935 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 12:18:07 PM Ignore investmentdr Report Abuse I'd rather see Ohio impose regulations on the dumping of the mystery fracking sauce. right now it's all coming here from across the nation and the Governor is on record saying there's nothing we can do about it.
Penny_Pincher Veteran Author Columbus Posts:435 Points:22,695 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 10:52:06 AM Ignore Penny_Pincher Report Abuse Portman is legislative chair fungus. Fracking has been going gangbusters since before he even took office and now he's trying to generate headlines and take credit? Ya, right.
lou30 Sophomore Author Miami Posts:190 Points:344,275 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 10:15:40 AM Ignore lou30 Report Abuse I guess it would create lots of jobs, those in the fracking industry, and those in the cleaning up after the fracking industry.
db60 All-Star Author Indiana Posts:982 Points:211,255 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 10:12:23 AM Ignore db60 Report Abuse Portman is a corrupt idiot.
WebGabe Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:2,505 Points:523,345 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 10:10:13 AM Ignore WebGabe Report Abuse Good luck.
ZeroBoxes Champion Author Mississippi Posts:1,079 Points:213,440 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 9:57:29 AM Ignore ZeroBoxes Report Abuse If Fracking increases USA jobs, gives employees a decent-livable wage, provides stockholders faith and security, provides resources to do an OSHA-safe job, and is family oriented I'm all for it.
buckets42 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,690 Points:329,550 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 9:50:14 AM Ignore buckets42 Report Abuse Frack baby frack.