Frank Pallone actually said...

"It is foolish to discuss opening new areas to offshore drilling before we have heeded the lessons of the last disaster."

"We on the Atlantic Coast can't afford the inevitable environmental and economic costs that offshore drilling has proven to inflict on Americans."

"Simply because it is the Federal agency which has responsibility for other important resources along our coasts."

"As you know, I am totally opposed to any drilling off the coast of the Atlantic."