Rush Holt: “Too few Americans know how much they depend on the work of the USGS.”

This obstinacy by the majority won't stop my efforts to draw attention to these issues, to push for adoption of serious, meaningful reforms to make offshore drilling safer, not just more prevalent.

Without that evidence, this bill appears to be a classic example of a solution in search of a problem.

This bill was drafted without any attempt at bipartisan or bicameral cooperation.

These bills are relics of a bygone area--as relevant as the telegraph or the horse and buggy.