05/10/2010
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"If we don't start issuing permits more quickly for new drilling, if we don't start exploring in areas that really deserve to be explored, this is not going to be reversed."
"It is quite alarming that, to date, not one single new deepwater well permit for drilling in the Gulf has been issued."
"There is a tremendous amount of money, Mr. Chairman, being invested by companies. There is oil and gas in the ground."
"Questions Submitted by Senator Mary L. Landrieu"