Martha Roby: “So when it comes back to our responsibility as a Congress, this week we're going to debate and hopefully vote on the…”

“So when it comes back to our responsibility as a Congress, this week we're going to debate and hopefully vote on the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act. This is legislation that will increase production of home-grown energy, and it will drive down costs and it will increase American jobs. What it does is it expands U.S. offshore energy production in order to create over 1 million new American jobs, lower energy prices, grow our economy, strengthen national security, and strengthen our communities by lowering our dependence on foreign oil. And the bill removes government barriers that block production of our own resources right here in the United States. You know, currently, the Obama administration keeps 85 percent of our offshore areas off-limits to energy production--85 percent. So H.R. 2231--again, we will be debating and hopefully voting on later this week--will open new offshore areas for that energy production and require the Obama administration--and again, Mr. President, who's for an all-of-the-above approach--require him to submit a new lease plan by 2015 for developing our offshore energy resources.”