On the recordFebruary 29, 2012
I think as those rigs have left, as we've seen production occur elsewhere because of the roadblocks to domestic energy production, we see other countries--us becoming even more reliant on overseas energy. Just a couple of weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that a major disruption in foreign oil supplies that sends prices skyward could thwart the economic recovery. So the Federal Reserve Chairman has recognized that the more dependent we become on somebody else, if there's a disruption in that supply, a disruption in that overseas energy source that we're relying on, it could thwart our economic recovery. Let me just go to a chart next.
