Bobby Jindal: “I want to thank Mr. Pombo for his very good work on this bill. I would encourage support and a yes vote on this bill for…”

“I want to thank Mr. Pombo for his very good work on this bill. I would encourage support and a yes vote on this bill for several reasons. If you are worried about rising energy prices, I would recommend a yes vote on this bill. Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast. If you are interested in treating the gulf coast States equally, the way that we treat on-shore drilling on Federal lands for inland States, I would recommend a yes vote on this bill. If you are interested in our environment, if you are interested in restoring America's wetlands, I would encourage a yes vote on this bill. Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island. The State of Louisiana is poised to pass a constitutional amendment dedicating 100 percent of the royalties we will receive under this bill for coastal restoration, hurricane and flood protection, restoring our coastal infrastructure. If you are worried about the hundreds of thousands of jobs we are losing in this country, if you worried about the 100,000 jobs we have lost in the wood and paper industry in the last 6 years, the 100,000 jobs we have lost in the petrochemical industry in the last 6 years, I would encourage a yes vote on this bill.…”