Secretary Chu, many of my colleagues on this committee think renewable energy is the stuff of the Jetsons.

The great irony is that it is the Republican Majority that is blocking access to the real resources American people need right now, additional revenue to reduce our budget deficit.

the potential onerous regulations could drastically curtail that cooperation and impede its development and usage

the President has effectively put the moratorium back in place, which left in 2008

we cannot ignore the significant oil boom on private and state lands in North Dakota

the Republican Majority continues to claim that the Administration is locking up our resources.

By protecting oil companies and preventing the government from collecting the revenue it is rightfully owed.

I am pleased that the plan protects the East Coast, and especially New England, from offshore drilling for at least the next five years.

Yet, the Republican Majority continues to claim that the Administration is locking up our resources.

So, if the oil companies aren't bidding on the vast majority of tracts offered in the Gulf, should we be rushing to offer them new areas off our beaches in the East and West Coast?

the plan protects the East Coast and especially New England from offshore drilling for at least the next five years.