02/28/2013
https://www.congress.gov...
"By stopping drilling in the Gulf, are we helping the environment or harming it? I believe we are actually harming it."
"The irony of this decision is that they are the only ones drilling right now in the Gulf."
"This decision to halt all new energy production in the Gulf of Mexico appears to have been made in an uninformed manner and, in my view, borders on reckless."
"the only company drilling in the Gulf of Mexico today in deep water is the company that caused the spill--British Petroleum."