In Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address, President Obama said:
Over the last three years, we’ve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration, and tonight, I’m directing my Administration to open more than 75 percent of our potential offshore oil and gas resources.
Taking the show on the road,
Obama Promotes Energy Agenda in Las Vegas
Fending off critics who say his policies have stifled domestic energy production, President Obama today announced that his administration would open 38 million acres of oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
Wow! The guy is finally getting aggressive!
Not so much, according to the House Natural Resources Committee:
PG DeFreese
Victoria Coates
Moe Lane
Daniel Horowitz
Dan Spencer
