[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10695]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     PARTIAL DRILLING IN LOUISIANA

  (Mr. CAO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CAO. Mr. Speaker, the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has 
caused great economic impact to my district. Hundreds of businesses 
have closed and thousands of people are out of work. The moratorium 
imposed by the administration potentially can also cost Louisiana 
thousands of jobs, yet there is a very simple solution to allow the 
administration the time that it needs to review the safety and to 
implement procedures for the deep oil industry and at the same time 
preserve the jobs in Louisiana: Allow the oil companies to do partial 
drilling; allow them to drill, but do not allow them to tap into the 
reservoir.
  Modern technology allows companies to know exactly where the oil is. 
What this partial drilling does is preserve the jobs in Louisiana 
during a time when we need the amount of revenue that the State needs 
to sustain its economy to help the people to bring about the 
livelihood.

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