Congressional Ban On Offshore Drilling Is Set To Expire September 30th - Unless It’s Reauthorized
Interesting exchange at the Press briefing Monday…here’s a transcript…
Q It’s my understanding the congressional ban expires at the end of September without — unless it’s reauthorized.
MS. PERINO: Every year. It’s a yearly ban that they do in the appropriations process.
Q So would what the President wants be accomplished by allowing the congressional ban to expire, or do you need new legislation?
MS. PERINO: You need new legislation. And in addition to that, one thing that’s just a detail point, the President’s ban or executive branch ban goes through 2012. And as Wendell said, the legislative ban is something that they repeat on a yearly basis.
Q So in the new legislation, are you willing to go along with the idea of giving states veto power over whether offshore drilling is allowed, how far out it’s allowed, and willing to renegotiate the revenue sharing with them beyond — what is it, 37.5 percent?
MS. PERINO: Yes. I think all of those things are up for discussion and there’s legislation that is in front of Congress right now, and states would have — most importantly, the states would have a chance to review the decision and make their own determination. And I think states across the board will take a good, hard look at it, and they all — they have constituents and their citizens pay gas prices, too.
(WhiteHouse.gov)
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Congress goes on recess end of Sept/early Oct
July 16th, 2008 at 1:28 pmThey’re just stonewalling till then and the election in Nov
Fucking pricks
Exactly. If Obama’s president they’ll immediately recall the ban and allow drilling. However, if McCain is President, they’ll keep the ban into effect, and do everything in their power to make sure gas hits $10gal before the next election, where they’ll pull the same stunt.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:42 pmI sat next to Ms Perino at Camp David last year on a shoot for a network. I knew her but wasn’t sure from where. No question we had good I contact and she is one super sexy spokesperson. Major league hotty!!
July 16th, 2008 at 1:56 pmIf the ban is set to expire unless they renew it…why does congress “need new legislation” on it?
Sounds like a load of crap to me.
Either it expires or it doesn’t….and…it expires.
What will the oil companies complain about Oct 1? Jeb Bush?
August 1st, 2008 at 9:33 am