BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota U.S. Rep. Rick Berg says President Barack Obama's statements on energy policy in his State of the Union address were contradictory.

The Republican congressman says the Democratic president spoke of the need to increase all types of energy production. Then, Berg says, Obama talked about how the oil industry's been subsidized for too long.

Berg says one move to help energy development would be to allow construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast. Obama has blocked the Keystone XL project.

Berg says the president's speech started well with talk about getting ahead with hard work.

But then, Berg says, Obama "went on to talk about all these government programs." Berg says they would increase the federal debt and stifle individual initiative.