With our 35 percent corporate tax rate and 6.2 percent payroll tax, it is the most onerous business tax system in the world – and a job killer here at home. Not only is a strong domestic energy sector an important part of a vibrant private sector and our U.S. manufacturing base, it also is critical for national security reasons – to lessen our dependence on unstable sources of foreign energy from the Middle East and countries like Venezuela where a would-be Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, is in power.