Ed Matricardi: Regional Leader for PA, DE, MD, DC, WV, VA, NC, and SC

Over the last several months, Boone has had some great meetings with editorial boards across the country. And the results have been well worth the effort.

Following are some excerpts from what is being written about the Pickens Plan on the editorial pages of some of the most influential newspapers in the United States. We’re making really good progress. Click here to visit our blog, Daily Pickens, to view more in-depth coverage of what editors, elected officials and members of the Army are sayi… Continue

Good Afternoon!

We are smack dab right in the middle of August Recess. Members of Congress (MOC) are back in their districts, holding events and Town Hall meetings. This is our time to shine army! While the majority of the current Town Hall meetings are focusing on Health Care, other issues are covered as well. I would encourage you to attend your MOC Town Hall and ask them a few quick questions:

1. What is your plan to end our dependence on foreign oil?
2. If you don’t have a plan, do you sup… Continue

By Matthew Philips

T. Boone Pickens is a bit ornery these days. Not that this isn't his normal disposition. The legendary oilman didn't build a net worth of $3 billion and become one of the most ruthless corporate raiders of the 1980s by being agreeable. But Pickens's recent consternation is understandably a little more intense than usual. A year after he unveiled his $10 billion bid to save America by planting wind turbines up and down the Midwest, thereby helping wean us off some of the $475… Continue

Pickens Tilts for Windmills
Energy Crusader Pickens Sees Natural Gas as Transition Fuel
Washington Times – 7/20/09
By John P. Krudy

Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens is a surprising convert to alternative energy and an unlikely wind-power proselytizer, but he is ramping up his campaign to cure the nation's energy dependence in the face of skeptics who say the effort is too ambitious.

Worried by the massive transfer of wealth to foreign and often unfriendly nations, the Texan last July proposed the… Continue

It's been a jam packed few weeks and we wanted to let you know how successful the Pickens Plan Anniversary roll out was and thank you again for your help.

Beginning last Tuesday morning at 8AM, Boone participated in media interviews, Capitol Hill events and Army meetings for 48 hours straight, including the introduction of the Senate version of the NAT GAS Act (S. 1408). In a joint press conference with Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senators Orrin Hatch and Robert Menendez, the companion bill… Continue