Expanding Offshore Drilling Boosts American Economy, Creates Jobs

By: Congressman Frank Lucas (Diary)  |  September 30th at 03:41 PM  | 

Last year, following a dramatic price spike in gas prices and very vocal call by the American people to increase American-made energy, Congress and then-President George W. Bush ended a decades-long ban on offshore drilling.  Even though the Department of the Interior has jurisdiction over our coasts, Congress had used its power to spend to eliminate offshore drilling by restricting the funds necessary to develop | Read More »