On the recordJune 30, 2010
It's going to kill those jobs. And Secretary Salazar defended his decision. The interesting thing--Mr. Akin, you're an engineer--Secretary Salazar pulled together a panel of experts to look at this problem and to make recommendations. And in the report that came out, the Secretary used this report to promote a 6-month moratorium to stop drilling--for all drilling, onshore, offshore, shallow water, deepwater, all drilling.





