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Drilling Measure Defeated Putnam/Capps/Davis/Foley amendment
to protect shores passes. The amendment to the Fiscal Year 2007 Interior Appropriations Bill restored the congressional moratorium on natural gas drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), which includes waters surrounding Florida. “The bill considered by the
House today was the most aggressive attack on Florida’s shores in the nine years I have served in
Congress,” said “Keeping Florida’s shores rig free is part of the reason why our state
welcomed more than 85 million visitors last year alone, and it is also
why so many Americans prefer Florida’s beaches to those in Texas and
Louisiana, where drilling is permitted.” “There
is no question that Congress needs to address “The
hard truth is that American simply cannot drill its way out of this fuel
crisis. Congress must get serious about alternative energy and
conservation efforts.”
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