Johnson says he votes to cut spending, create jobs

BOARDMAN — U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-6th, said he was elected to cut federal spending, create jobs, reduce the size of the federal government and repeal health-care changes.

“Every vote that I’ve taken, thus far, has moved us down the road on those goals,” he said today at a Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber breakfast at the Holiday Inn in Boardman.

Johnson of Marietta also said President Barack Obama could “quickly” lower gas prices by announcing a national energy policy to make the United States “energy secure” in 10 to 15 years. That would include drilling for oil and natural gas, using coal, looking at nuclear power and alternative energy sources, he said.

Johnson called for drilling the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale, two underground formations in and near this area that are believed to contain large amounts of natural gas.

“We could be sitting in the midst of a Saudi Arabia of natural gas,” he said.

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