07/15/2008
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"H.R. 1965 runs contrary to the Administration's commitment to promoting safe and responsible domestic oil and gas development."
"The relief we are considering as part of a first step would be limited, temporary, and reversible."
"The small percent of decisions that have taken longer than one year involve complex proposals that merit additional review and consideration."
"The United States now produces more oil at home than the Nation buys from other countries for the first time in nearly two decades."