| Dems Depriving Americans of Offshore Oil, Say GOP Lawmakers By Josiah Ryan CNSNews.com Staff Writer June 13, 2008 On the Spot (CNSNews.com) - Democrats are depriving Americans of approximately 86 billion barrels of oil that likely lie off the nation's coasts by sustaining a moratorium which bans most offshore drilling, Republican lawmakers told Cybercast News Service on Thursday. But members of the Democratic leadership told Cybercast News Service that offshore drilling would have no immediate impact on gasoline prices and would harm the environment permanently. "I have been here for 18 years, and there have been 46 votes to increase America's domestic energy supply. I have voted for all 46. Nancy Pelosi has voted for two," Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) told Cybercast News Service. "The speaker and Democrats are standing in the way of our ability to produce more oil and gas here in the United States and become energy independent." Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) told Cybercast News Service, however, that offshore drilling is a short-term solution that will cause permanent damage to the environment. "I don't have all the answers," said Rangel, "but experts have decided that it would be a temporary fix with permanent harm to the environment. That is why I don't think we should drill offshore." In February 2006, the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service (MMS) released a report estimating that 85.9 billion barrels of "undiscovered technically recoverable" oil resources lie in U.S. territory on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and the Environment voted 9-6, along partisan lines, to kill a bill that would have lifted the 27-year-old federal moratorium on offshore drilling in most coastal waters except parts of the Gulf of Mexico. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) also told Cybercast News Service he thinks Democrats are responsible for blocking Americans from access to their own oil by sustaining the moratorium. "Absolutely, I believe that Democrats are depriving Americans of the use of offshore oil," he said. [Read More] |
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