[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11530-11531]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       ON DRILLING FOR OIL AND GAS ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

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                          HON. DENNIS KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 15, 2006

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I gave the attached statement, in support 
of the OCS Drilling Ban Amendment to the FY2007 Interior Appropriations 
Bill, H.R. 5386 on May 18, 2006:

       I rise in strong support of this amendment to preserve the 
     popular and longstanding ban on drilling off our coasts. 
     First, let's be clear that there is no such thing as drilling 
     for gas only. Even the Administration and the energy industry 
     have dismissed the idea as unworkable. So this is nothing 
     more than a fig leaf.
       But it's a fig leaf that will bring toxic contamination to 
     our marine environment merely three miles off our coasts. And 
     it could open the door to drilling in the Great Lakes, which 
     is also opposed by Great Lakes residents.

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       We cannot forget that new drilling will have no effect on 
     energy prices for years. In contrast, we have technologies to 
     reduce our addiction to oil and natural gas that are ready to 
     go today. The problem is that we're subsidizing unsustainable 
     energy production like drilling for natural gas and oil while 
     failing to fund real renewable solutions. I urge my 
     colleagues to vote for the amendment.

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