This thing is not going away. We're not going to turn the page. We're going to stay until the last drop of oil is out of...
I hope that -- that this administration is ready to really put some pressure on BP to get the LSU and the Tulane people ...
if the moratorium lasts longer, some 25,000 jobs could be in jeopardy.
This Administration's decision to halt drilling activity did more than threaten the livelihoods of rig workers and oil s...
This blanket moratorium will not help us achieve or advance that goal.
The issuance of a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling is an overreach, not necessary, and has been deemed arbitra...
This moratorium is not about big oil. It is rather about the Calais, the Sheramies, Depueys, the Roberts, the Boudreauxe...
We cannot close down the Gulf offshore oil and gas sector without devastating economic impacts to our region, increased ...
Oil and gas is the lifeblood of our economy, from top to bottom, and that blood has stopped pumping due to nothing more ...
I ask the Administration to please lift the moratorium, not in October or November or September, but today.
the moratorium's spillover effect could mean 12,000 jobs and nearly three billion nationwide.
The decision to stop virtually all new energy exploration in the Gulf was uninformed, in my view, and it borders on reck...
This ill-conceived and heavy-handed action by the Federal Government does not meet our environmental needs, our national...
I am going to put the full weight of this committee behind the lifting of this moratorium as soon as possible.
I believe the action to impose this moratorium has actually increased environmental risk to our oceans and coastal wetla...
Our Federal Government has a responsibility, particularly in these difficult times, to make sure that these paychecks do...
We are still waiting to hear the justification. The people of Louisiana are still waiting to hear the justification.
What percentage of those ports' activity is directly related to offshore oil and gas?
