[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 28, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H6168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              BP OIL SPILL

  (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, last week in my home State of Louisiana, 
nearly 15,000 citizens gathered to rally against the Obama 
administration's destructive moratorium on offshore drilling. The Rally 
for Economic Survival was meant to send a message to Washington that 
this moratorium is causing serious damage to the gulf coast economy.
  While speaking to the thousands of concerned gulf coast citizens, 
Governor Bobby Jindal put forth another plea to the Obama 
administration pointing out that the moratorium is causing just as much 
damage as the spill itself. Here is a quote from Governor Jindal: ``We 
shouldn't have to fight our own Federal Government. Just as we are 
fighting one disaster, we're fighting another disaster caused by 
Washington, D.C.''
  Mr. Speaker, let me be clear, this spill is tragic and it was caused 
by BP. Those responsible must be held accountable and we need to find 
the root cause of the spill. However, history will show that President 
Obama did even more damage to the economy than BP through his 
destructive drilling moratorium.

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