November 2, 2006 - MARKEY QUESTIONS INTERIOR ON OVERSIGHT OF $250 MILLION/YEAR COASTAL RESTORATION FUND
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Rep. Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the House Resources and Energy and Commerce Committees, sent a letter to Minerals Management Service (MMS) Director Johnnie Burton questioning the agency’s oversight of the multi-million dollar Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP). The CIAP was created as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT) and directs $250 million per year to fund coastal restoration projects in states that have offshore oil and gas drilling activities. Rep. Markey asks for the specific oversight procedures that MMS will put in place to ensure that funds allocated under this program are spent properly. Rep Markey’s letter comes in light of MMS and Interior’s failure to properly oversee the royalty programs, which have resulted in the loss of millions or billions of taxpayer dollars.
October 31, 2006 - MARKEY BLASTS BUSH INTERIOR DEPT. ON CHEVRON'S UNDERPAYMENT OF ROYALTIES
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce and Resources Committees, sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Interior asking him to explain Interior’s unwillingness to press oil companies like Chevron for the royalties they owe the American taxpayer for drilling on federal lands. Below is a brief statement from Rep. Markey, and his letter to Interior Secretary Kempthorne can be found here: Letter - to Sec Kempthorne Re Chevron Underpayment of Royalties.pdf
October 27, 2006 - MARKEY: CHEVRON JOINS EXXONMOBIL IN DIRTY TRICK ON AMERICAN CONSUMERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to Chevron’s third-quarter earnings report indicating over $5 billion in profits, 40 percent higher than a year ago, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce and Resources Committees, today issued the following statement:
October 26, 2006 - MARKEY: EXXONMOBIL'S DIRTY TRICK ON AMERICAN CONSUMERS IS TREAT FOR BIG OIL SHAREHOLDERS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In response to reports that oil industry giant ExxonMobil’s third-quarter earnings rose to $10.49 billion, the second-largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly-traded U.S. company, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA), a senior Democratic Member of the House Energy and Commerce and Resources Committees, today issued the following statement:
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