10/08/2006
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Lifting the ban would create new opportunities for American workers and businesses."
"America can compete with anybody, anytime, anywhere."
"We can now conduct oil exploration in the OCS in a way that is out of sight, protects coral reefs and habitats, and protects against oil spills."
"We have not built a new refinery in the United States of America since the early 1970s."