This is not about the Obama Administration's slow walking permits. This is about oil company recklessness...
This Committee should be taking action to implement the reforms of the Commission to ensure that we are protecting our w...
The Obama Administration's actions have already caused production in the Gulf of Mexico to decline by nearly 300,000 bar...
Let me state very clearly that these hearings will lead to action by this Committee.
The fact is that the Obama Administration is issuing new permits in both shallow water and deepwater.
The fact is that domestic oil production has been increasing overall, and in the Gulf of Mexico under the Obama Administ...
This hearing is apparently taking place in a parallel universe where we did not suffer the worst oil spill in our nation...
They were absolutely irresponsible, and their irresponsibility is something that goes to their safety record.
I also intend to take legislative action to reverse President Obama's imposition of an offshore drilling moratorium outs...
There is not a 'de facto moratorium,' only a Republican moratorium on the facts.
This is not about the Obama Administration slow walking permits. This is about oil company recklessness.
Given your job don't you think you should have looked at those safety record recommendations?
Does that include implementing the safety recommendations of the BP Commission?
The Obama Administration is not issuing new leases. In fact, the lease sales that were scheduled for this year have in f...
I do not think, sir, that oil companies are sending the rigs back just to idle. I do not think they are sending new rigs...
it is much more dangerous to do this in the United States than it is to do it in Europe for the same companies.
Even though you are not familiar with the safety recommendations of the BP Commission, you are ready to say that it is s...
Do you think the United States should have safety standards as high as the rest of the world?
