[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12859]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           POLITICS OF PANIC

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the administration continues its 
assaultive crusade against the workers in the domestic deepwater 
drilling industry.
  Yesterday, it doubled down its relentless destruction of the gulf 
coast energy industry by issuing yet another ill-advised moratorium on 
deepwater drilling. Never mind that two courts have said the first 
moratorium on drilling was ``arbitrary, capricious and wrong.''
  The Federal Government furnished no credible evidence or specifics 
that shutting down deepwater drilling was absolutely necessary. Never 
mind the facts, never mind that the second edict from the 
administration violates the spirit of the court rulings. Never mind 
that this job-killing ban is more about the politics of panic than 
about the safety of offshore drilling.
  The administration is intentionally and knowingly destroying domestic 
energy and making us more dependent on foreign oil. The administration 
is permanently sinking the jobs of offshore workers, and the 
President's plan is succeeding. Jobs are being lost, rigs are leaving 
the gulf to friendlier waters. And why? Who knows.
  The second disaster of the gulf is brought to you by this 
administration and our own Federal Government.
  And that's just the way it is.

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