text: **Recent Events and a Better Way Forward**
  You may be aware that I have been outspoken in attempting to persuade 
  our country’s political leadership to recognize that the discovery of vast 
  resources of unconventional natural gas and oil in the U.S. is a complete 
  game changer for our country from an economic, national security and 
  environmental perspective. After two years of my best efforts and the 
  efforts of many others in the industry, most notably T. Boone Pickens, 