Bill Nelson: “The Senator is correct. Since a President of the United States…”

On the recordJune 20, 2005

The Senator is correct. Since a President of the United States established this moratorium on the Outer Continental Shelf and it is to run to 2012, why do we need to be spending money on seismic surveying on an area that is off limits to drilling, which the moratorium has in place until the year 2012? I thank the Senator for joining to offer this amendment. I ask the Senate to consider helping continue to preserve the moratorium. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

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Democratic · Florida

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