? 10 Photos from Scalise’s Offshore Energy Tour
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) hosted seven of his colleagues, Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), Congressman Pat Fallon (R-Texas), Congressman Aaron Bean (R-Fla.), Congressman Russell Fry (R-S.C.), Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.), Congressman John James (R-Mich.), and Congressman Cory Mills (R-Fla.), at the Hess Corporation's Stampede oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico for his annual Offshore Energy Tour. While on board, Members of Congress were able to tour the facility and learn about how the Hess Corporation is producing American-made energy cleaner and better than anywhere else in the world.
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1) Leader Scalise and his colleagues prepare to travel to the Hess Stampede platform in the Gulf of Mexico, an 80 minute helicopter ride from New Orleans.
2) Members arrive on the deep-water platform for a day of briefings and tours led by Hess global, regional, and platform leadership.
3) Hess Stampede operators provide a production overview and output status, and highlight why regular lease sales and certainty from the federal government are needed to reclaim American energy independence.
4) Leader Scalise enjoys lunch with platform operators and hears more about day-to-day life on Hess Stampede.
5) Members tour the platform and see firsthand America’s impressive clean production capabilities.
6) Leader Scalise and Rep. John James take a closer look at some of the platform’s state-of-the-art infrastructure.
7) Leader Scalise tells Fox 8’s John Snell that President Biden shouldn’t be begging other nations for oil when we produce it cleaner, safer, and better than anywhere else thanks to American innovation.
8) The delegation receives a briefing on critical safety protocols designed to protect the operators and the environment surrounding the platform.
9) View from the helicopter as the delegation approaches the Hess Stampede platform.
10) The briefings and tour made it even clearer: We need to ramp up American production—not let Democrats shut it down.
