McCain Calls for New Offshore Drilling from Offshore Oil Platform
- CNSNews.com
- Aug 21, 2008
Sen. John McCain flew by helicopter to the Chevron Genesis oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday to reiterate his call for the United States to begin selling new offshore oil drilling leases.
Such leases have been significantly restricted by a moratorium that has been included in the annual Interior Department appropriation bill every year since 1982. The moratorium will expire on September 30 when the current Interior appropriation expires unless an extension is approved by Congress and signed into law by President Bush.
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