It is time that we get back to doing what we do best in Louisiana, and that is, fueling our nation.
Idling the deepwater rigs that were permitted to drill in the deepwater Gulf will immediately impact as many as 46,000 c...
Our Federal Government has a responsibility, particularly in these difficult times, to make sure that their paychecks wi...
By stopping drilling in the Gulf, are we helping the environment or harming it? I believe we are actually harming it.
The irony of this decision is that they are the only ones drilling right now in the Gulf.
the only company drilling in the Gulf of Mexico today in deep water is the company that caused the spill--British Petrol...
I sent a letter to President Obama yesterday announcing my intention to hold another hearing no later than September 16t...
I share the Administration's goal of a safer oil and gas industry, not their method to achieve that.
I would say to the Administration, listen to your own experts. Listen to the facts, as the Chair of this Committee has s...
My question to President Obama and to his Administration after they scrambled to put an economic analysis together that ...
unnecessary, ill-conceived, and a second economic disaster for the Gulf Coast. The BP oil spill was the exception rather...
Lifting this moratorium can give us back its 'Joie de vivre.'
This decision was wrong-headed, it is irresponsible, and it is reckless.
I too believe the moratorium is arbitrary and capricious.
We must get the Gulf of Mexico back producing for national security, for our environmental, and for small businesses.
We cannot close down the offshore oil and gas sector without devastating economic impacts to our region.
And that is assuming the best-case scenario, and we are not on a glide path to that right now, in my view.
Increasing our dependence on foreign oil has direct ramifications on our national security.
