Should Congress lift the ban on offshore oil drilling?
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Green Party (USA)
Congress should not lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Greens call rise of gas prices and demand for expanded drilling a manipulation by oil companies seeking control over US energy policy.
4/23/2009 12:22:47 PM
James L. Jones
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
"But Congress must now act to allow access to these resources."
4/23/2009 12:22:41 PM
Gavin Newsom
Congress should not lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Proposal to offer petroleum development in formerly proctected coastlines is a huge step backward.
4/22/2009 2:43:22 PM
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Congress should not lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Gililbrand supports maintaining current moratoriums on offshore drilling
1/23/2009 6:17:54 PM
George Lakoff
Congress should not lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
"The oil will go on the world market, which means that China, India, and other countries will drive up the price."
11/10/2008 3:50:10 PM
Beverly Perdue (D-NC)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Perdue wants state to share in offshore drilling profits.
10/29/2008 8:20:13 PM
Pat McCrory (R-NC)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
" Support offshore drilling."
10/29/2008 8:19:34 PM
Greg Davis (R-MS)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Supports expanded drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf and the eastern seaboard
10/24/2008 12:15:42 PM
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Blaine believes that it is essential to increase domestic oil production by allowing domestic off-shore oil exploration
10/23/2008 4:00:52 PM
Travis Childers (D-MS)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Calls for increased drilling off the continental shelf
10/23/2008 3:41:08 PM
Alice Kryzan (D-NY)
Congress should not lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
I do not support offshore drilling
10/23/2008 3:27:28 PM
Tim Bee (R-AZ)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
"Gas prices have already started to decrease following the lifting of the Executive ban on offshore drilling."
10/23/2008 3:17:02 PM
David Schweikert (R-AZ)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
"I support lifting the current ban on drilling at the Outer Continental Shelf."
10/23/2008 3:12:59 PM
Sydney Ann Hay (R-AZ)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
"I propose to bring ANWR , Oil Shale and OCS deepwater exploration online immediately."
10/23/2008 12:45:57 PM
John Gard (R-WI)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Increasing access for oil exploration in the deep-water areas off America’s coastline known as the Outer Continental Shelf.
10/22/2008 6:17:20 PM
Wayne Parker (R-AL)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Energy
10/22/2008 4:15:09 PM
Steve Stivers (D-OH)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Called repeatedly for Congress to lift the drilling ban
10/22/2008 10:25:32 AM
Lou Barletta (R-PA)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
The Outer Continental Shelf of the United States alone has an estimated 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas
10/22/2008 9:45:46 AM
Chris Hackett (R-PA)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
I stand firmly for increasing refinery capacity, real offshore energy exploration
10/22/2008 9:41:29 AM
Melissa Hart (R-PA)
Congress should lift the ban on offshore oil drilling.
Melissa supports ecologically safe drilling for new supplies of oil in ANWR and off our coastlines to help make us less dependent on foreign oil
10/22/2008 9:39:41 AM