3rd District Congressman Chris Cannon

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The 11 O'Clock Hour Rundown

Congressman Chris Cannon, running as the incumbent against Jason Chaffetz in the Republican June 24^th primary, joined Doug on today’s show. Much of Cannon’s visit centered around energy policies. ANWR and offshore drilling will take years to develop, and Cannon said to get the speculators to immediately lower prices, there needs to be an immediate promise of large amounts of oil. Oil shale in Utah is exactly that.

To help develop oil shale, Congressman Cannon said he’s introducing a bill to allow the president to set shorter permit and regulatory periods. Cannon said that will give oil companies more incentive to start investing in Utah’s resources.

One caller asked about Cannon’s views on importing foreign nuclear waste. Cannon said that while Rep. Jim Matheson sponsored a bill to stop it, Cannon had no intention of supporting that bill. He said it was a state matter, and the federal government shouldn’t get involved.

When asked what he was doing to help fight pornography, Cannon said he’s sponsoring a bill that takes deciding what’s “freedom of speech” from the jurisdiction of the federal government and give it back to the states. That way our values in Utah could decide what is and isn’t pornography.