December 01, 2010
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman John Culberson (R-TX-07) issued the following statement in response to the Obama Administration’s ban on offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the…
Continue reading Statement on Administration’s Five Year Drilling Ban
June 10, 2010
The Obama Administration is under political pressure to reverse its ill-considered deep water drilling moratorium, and the latest blowback comes from seven angry experts from the National Academy of Engineering who say their views were distorted to justify the ban.
In the wake of the oil spill, President Obama asked Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to produce a report on new drilling safety recommendations…
Continue reading WSJ Op-Ed: White House Distorts Views of Experts on Drilling Ban
June 08, 2010
Dear Mr. President,
I write to express my strong opposition to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. I am concerned that the decision to impose the moratorium is based more on emotion than fact. The Deepwater Horizon incident was a terrible human tragedy with devastating environmental consequences, but it must be viewed in the proper historical context as a statistical anomaly. The government’s own records show that since 1985, more than 7 billion barrels of oil have been produced in federal offshore waters with less than 0.001 percent spilled – a 99.999% record for clean operations. That 35-year record of safety should not be ignored in the haste to respond to public discord
Continue reading Letter to President Obama: Lift Drilling Moratorium
June 07, 2010
Monday, June 7
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Field hearing on the local impact of the spill
10:00 AM
Chalmette, LA
Witnesses:
Natalie Roshto, Liberty, Mississippi
Courtney Kemp, Jonesville, Louisiana
Acy Cooper, Vice President,…
June 04, 2010
The oil spill in the Gulf is a tragedy in every sense of the word. The images coming from the Gulf are distressing, and the deaths of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon rig are heartbreaking. However, it is very important to remember that this accident is an anomaly. The human error and/or failure of the rig’s state-of-the-art equipment require a complete explanation, and the cleanup operation deserves our full support. Still, we cannot afford to further harm our nation’s economy by halting our offshore drilling, which is why I am calling on President Obama to lift his recently imposed six month moratorium on deepwater drilling and asked that he refrain from imposing a moratorium on shallow water drilling.
Continue reading Drilling Moratorium is a Shortsighted Response
May 18, 2010
The oil spill in the Gulf threatens to become a serious breach of public trust in the environmental safety of offshore drilling, and it has already tragically claimed the lives of 11 hardworking Americans.
What is unquestionably more dangerous is the prospect of this incident being politicized. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida has already asked the President to impose a moratorium on all new offshore drilling.
Continue reading Op-Ed: Reaction to offshore oil spill can go overboard
May 05, 2010
My prayers and deepest sympathies are with the families of the victims of this tragedy. The images coming from the Gulf are heartbreaking, but it is important to recognize what an anomaly this event is.
