[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 168 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H8769-H8770]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          DRILLING BAN IN U.S.

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, the Interior Department said there 
will be a new ban on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. That will 
cost us thousands of good-paying jobs in the gulf region, especially 
around Texas and Louisiana. The administration promised us that 
domestic oil production

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was an important part of our energy future; but for the last 6 months, 
the Federal Government has blocked drilling at every turn, leaking a 
permit out here and there only just lately. But now they say it's safe 
to drill again, and what do they do? They ban drilling.
  The Cubans are going to drill offshore next year, and from what 
they're saying, they will partner with the Russians and the Chinese. 
Madam Speaker, since when is it okay for China, Russia, and Cuba to 
drill off our shores and not America? Not only that, the American 
taxpayer is sending money by the administration to Brazil and Mexico to 
let those countries drill off their shores. Is the administration at 
war with the American energy companies? Maybe so.
  And that's just the way it is.

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