Instead of tracking the oil that is still staining Gulf beaches, the Republican leadership of this Committee is still tr...
The Secretary recommends a 6-month moratorium on permits for new wells being drilled using floating rigs.
It was his decision.
The drilling moratorium directly impacted the lives of thousands of individuals in the Gulf of Mexico.
Unfortunately, this Republican Congress has acted like the BP spill never occurred.
This Congress has voted 148 times to preserve or provide giveaways to the oil industry.
This is worse than misplaced priorities. This is a dereliction of duty of this Committee to the citizens of the Gulf of ...
You and the others who have worked on this report deserve our gratitude for serving our country so ably in a time of nat...
To the best of my understanding, the Secretary has consistently said that the moratorium decision was his decision.
So, again, there is no evidence that Secretary Salazar ever wanted any political cover. He made the decision. He stood u...
The majority of this Committee has refused to invite the CEOs of largest oil companies to testify on what changes they h...
Good luck trying to twist that around. Good luck. Good luck on that arithmetic.
Now, that is a real tribute. That hasn't happened ever.
That is why the polling says that Obama has a 10- to 13-point lead over Romney on energy issues.
We went to 10.2 percent unemployment under the Bush recession. Now it is at 8.1 percent.
A little arithmetic. When Bush left, 750,000 jobs a month were being lost.
I think the fear is that the Republicans are so tied to the oil industry, you know, that they can't give up those tax br...
That is a good record for Obama.
