Mandating destructive drilling in communities that do not want it, while cutting-out proper environmental review might be good policy for oil companies, but it is bad policy for my constituents and it is bad energy policy for our Nation.
Lois Capps: “Mandating destructive drilling in communities that do not want it, while cutting-out proper environmental review might…”
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Capps opposes the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act for risking environmental harm and disregarding community opposition.
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