Bob Menendez: “The Senate has on three different occasions over the last year defeated similar efforts to end the 26-year bipartisan…”

“The Senate has on three different occasions over the last year defeated similar efforts to end the 26-year bipartisan moratoria on the Outer Continental Shelf. This is another attempt to get at it. Even the Energy Information Administration projects that if we opened the entire east and west coasts, we wouldn't achieve anything because it would take up to 2017 to ramp up and 2030 to actually achieve results. So this isn't about gas prices; this is about tapping into another vein of oil, continuing our addiction, and putting our shores at risk. I urge my colleagues, particularly from coastal States, to oppose it.”