Scalise on today’s Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale: U.S. Needs to be Competitive
March 19, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Steve Scalise today released the following statement on the latest offshore energy lease sale at the Superdome.
“Today’s lease sale highlights the vast potential of our domestic energy resources in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), particularly in the Central Gulf of Mexico,” Scalise said. “While today’s bids indicate strong interest in continued offshore development in the Gulf of Mexico, they also underscore the flaw in President Obama's energy policy that has closed off many areas of the OCS to exploration. It is time for the Obama administration to abandon their anti-fossil-fuel strategy that has sidelined many conventional forms of energy in favor of failed green-energy boondoggles like Solyndra.
“The Obama Administration must do more to open up other areas of the OCS so that America can become energy secure and remove our dependence on Middle Eastern countries who don't like us for our energy needs. Today’s sale is a positive step, but it’s unfortunate that the President continues stifling American ingenuity and investment. As we’ve seen with today’s lease sale, increased domestic energy development provides not only millions of good American jobs, but it will also provide hundreds of millions of dollars for states like Louisiana where we will use it restore our eroding coast.”
Issues:Energy