[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 7263]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        H.R. 1229 AND H.R. 1231

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 12, 2011

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, this week, the House majority is taking up 
legislation that helps the profits of Big Oil but does nothing to curb 
a future oil disaster or bring down oil and gas prices. H.R. 1229 and 
H.R. 1231 both greatly expand U.S. offshore drilling while removing 
crucial environmental safeguards and limiting oversight of the oil and 
gas industry. It has been a little over a year since the gulf oil spill 
and these bills ignore the lessons learned from this environmental and 
public health disaster that resulted from the explosion that took the 
lives of 11 Americans.
  I fully support national energy policies that increase energy 
independence but these must be done in a way that protects our 
environment and uses our natural resources responsibly. It is important 
that any energy policies we put in place provide greater efficiency and 
accountability to the management and regulation of our energy 
resources.
  That is not what the legislation before us will do. I urge my 
colleagues to vote ``no.''

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