Political Quotes

“This simple amendment clarifies that any expanded oil production will not interfere with ongoing operations by the Armed Forces of the United States. I appreciate Congressman Bobby Scott and Congressman Jim Moran for their cosponsorship of this amendment. There are no stronger advocates for the military in my State than those two gentlemen. {time} 1640 As you know, the United States has more than two dozen coastal naval bases, including those located in Virginia, Washington, California, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, and Hawaii. The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Readiness published a report, noting that many of these potential locations for oil exploration could and might conflict with DOD operations in these locations. For example, DOD has surface/subsurface operating areas and DOD special use airspace/warning areas off every coastal State in the continental United States. You can see from this map that there are the red dots where they actually have bases and that the spiderwebs are where they have operations offshore. These areas are important because the military uses some of these areas for surface and subsurface training as well as practice with live ordnance. Oil wells and live ordnance don't mix so well.…”