Increasing our dependence on foreign oil has direct ramifications on our national security.
We are going to continue to have hearing after hearing in this committee, if necessary, until this issue is brought squarely before the Amer...
The Administration's decision to halt drilling activity did more than threaten the livelihood of thousands of rig workers and oil and gas se...
This Administration seems to be ignoring the fact that this action has actually increased environmental risk.
It is very conceivable that this action by our own Government will turn out to have more economic devastation than the spill itself.
I invited the President to send any responsible witness to lay out the rationale for the moratorium.
I talked to Bill Reilly, a co-chair, yesterday and he did not defend the moratorium in any way.
One misperception up here I am very concerned about is that for this moratorium these rigs, these businesses are just going to sort of sit b...
We believe that we can have a vibrant tourism industry.
By stopping drilling in the Gulf, are we helping the environment or harming it? I believe we are actually harming it.
Our Federal Government has a responsibility, particularly in these difficult times, to make sure that their paychecks will not turn into pin...
Concern has obviously been raised about the dispersants.
Idling the deepwater rigs that were permitted to drill in the deepwater Gulf will immediately impact as many as 46,000 crewmen.
It is time that we get back to doing what we do best in Louisiana, and that is, fueling our nation.
We are not sure if you can fish in the same waters that you can drill oil and gas.
I do not feel like we are being protected or served at all.
Tens of thousands of hard-working American lives hang in the balance.
It is an extremely important point.
