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| Obama Interior Nominee to Consider New Ban on Oil Drilling in USA |
| 2009-01-17 |
| President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of the interior nominee, Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colo.), said he will consider restoring parts of an expired federal ban on offshore oil drilling, but told CNSNews.com that he has "no idea" how much of the drilling restrictions should be reimposed. Salazar spoke to CNSNews.com outside his confirmation hearing in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources on Thursday. Back in June, President George W. Bush lifted an 18-year-old executive order banning new offshore drilling that had been put in place by his father, President George H.W. Bush, and extended by President Bill Clinton. At the end of September, Congress, which was in the midst of crafting a $700 billion financial bailout and facing nationwide pressure to lower gas prices and remove the ban, allowed a 26-year old moratorium of offshore oil drilling that had been annually attached to the Interior Department funding bill, to expire. A more recent moratorium on developing shale-oil lands, which are mostly in the west, also was allowed to expire. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 He would. He holds a premier membership in Dipshits of America Society. We have several Coloradans here. How did this fool get elected to anything anyway ? Who did he pay off ? Now he's positioned to do some real damage |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2009-01-17 13:24 |
| #4 A deliberate to manipulate oil prices. Oil prices began dropping from their peak the day Bush announced an end to the drilling ban. Oil price graph Of course the News Media is so in the pockets of the socialists that they would never make the connection. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-01-17 11:52 |
| #3 I told everyone that I was of two minds about Obama being elected. [resumes sipping scotch and watching the pumpjacks on the back 40 go up and down] |
| Posted by: AzCat 2009-01-17 02:19 |
| #2 Wrong direction Sir. 180 degrees. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-01-17 01:55 |
| #1 Republicans need to show this and similar moves for what they are. A deliberate to manipulate oil prices. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-01-17 00:11 |