I am one who votes for more drilling for oil and gas because I don't like us relying so much on the Middle East for it, so I vote for that. But I don't know why we cannot agree that, if we have an environmental burden on the one hand, we cannot create an environmental benefit on the other hand.
Douglas Alexander: “I am one who votes for more drilling for oil and gas because I don't like us relying so much on the Middle East for it…”
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Discussing the need for a conservation royalty for offshore oil drilling.
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