Louie Gohmert: “It certainly is part of Minerals Management Service. I have to say, it was a hunch when I heard President Obama talking…”

“It certainly is part of Minerals Management Service. I have to say, it was a hunch when I heard President Obama talking about the cozy relationship between Big Oil and the regulators. It just hit me, and I sent a message to my staff and said find out where those two people are who the inspector general said were largely responsible or likely responsible for the price adjustment language being pulled out that cost our country billions of dollars while they were there in 1998 and 1999. They came back and said we have a press release that is talking about one of them, and this is the press release that I just have read from. So it is interesting. There is a cozy relationship between this administration, and it goes beyond this, and I am deeply troubled. I know whether you are in Congress, but especially President of the United States, we rely so much on our staff and those people around us to help us get information, and we often depend on what they give us. That is why I like to see it in print, verified. But the President said in his speech last night, We are running out of places to drill.…”