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On the recordJune 22, 2010
Mr. Speaker, real people in the gulf region are affected by the hasty, overreaction by the Federal Government to shut down deepwater drilling for 6 months in the Gulf of Mexico. The Obamatorium will bankrupt businesses and put thousands of people in the gulf region out of work. The Feds are in an apparent violation of the law which requires affected parties to be consulted before regulators dictate new regulations. Affected parties would be the oil industries that are shut down and the people of the Gulf States. So these people have sued the Federal Government and asked a Federal judge to impose an injunction against the Federal Government's unscientific drilling ban. And in just the last hour, a U.S. district judge has ruled the administration was wrong in illegally summarily stopping deepwater drilling. It is unfortunate the administration has to be sued by the people of this country to keep it from destroying American jobs. And that's just the way it is. ____________________
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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