07/28/2014
https://www.congress.gov...
"Idling the deepwater rigs that were permitted to drill in the deepwater Gulf will immediately impact as many as 46,000 crewmen."
"Our Federal Government has a responsibility, particularly in these difficult times, to make sure that their paychecks will not turn into pink slips."
"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."