Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: SEC. 5. STUDYING THE IMPACTS OF OFFSHORE DRILLING ON COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND COASTAL ECONOMIES. (a) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the impacts of offshore drilling on coastal communities and coastal economies. (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall-- (1) address how oil and gas companies interact with local stakeholders in advance of a siting decision, including their meetings with fishermen; (2) investigate the impacts of offshore drilling on tourism, including tradeoffs during normal operations and economic impacts after a spill; (3) describe how the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management works with other agencies, including the National Marine Fisheries Service, to include stakeholder input in advance of a siting decision; (4) address how quickly response teams can mitigate environmental damage after a spill and how long regional ecosystems take to recover following a spill; (5) describe any limitations on the quantity of comparative data available on impacts to regions of the Outer Continental Shelf that have not been sited for drilling; (6) describe the impacts…”