Oh DAMN!....We can't afford to wait no longer."
what! no proof-readers?.....(damn) spell-checker or Freudian slip? 
Posted on 07/16/2008 5:28:54 AM PDT by EBH
SEN. VOINOVICH STATEMENT ON LIFTING OF OFFSHORE DRILLING EXECUTIVE BAN
July 14, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator George V. Voinovich (R-OH), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after it was announced that President Bush will lift an executive ban on offshore drilling that has been in place since 1990:
"Today’s action by President Bush is an important step forward, but it must be matched by Congress lifting its moratorium as soon as possible. Ohio families are being hit hard by sky-high gasoline and diesel prices and we cannot afford to wait any longer to tap the resources we have available here at home. That’s why I fought to prevent a 53-cent gas tax hike that had been included in the Lieberman-Warner climate bill. And it is why I proposed a new Manhattan Project that will put us on a path toward energy independence. In addition to increasing our domestic energy supply by exploring the Outer Continental Shelf and ANWR, we must use tar sands and oil shale and we must expand our refining capacity. We need to find more and use less. Unfortunately, environmental groups have convinced some of my colleagues to block anything that would increase supply and bring down prices at the pump. I’ve been voting for increased domestic exploration for a decade. If we had started exploring ANWR 10 years ago when President Clinton vetoed it, and coupled it with a comprehensive energy plan, we wouldn’t be in this predicament today. But now the chickens have come home to roost. We can afford to wait no longer."
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Find More, Use Less: Gas Price Reduction Act
**MEDIA ALERT**
July 10, 2008
WASHINGTON – The Senate Republican Conference will hold an energy forum Friday, July 11, to discuss rising fuel costs and how the Gas Price Reduction Act would lower gas prices by finding more energy while encouraging new technologies that use less. The forum will be chaired by Senator George Voinovich, R-Ohio.
Who: Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl
Senator George Voinovich, R-Ohio
Senator Arlen Specter, R-Penn.
Senator Kit Bond, R-Mo.
Senator Bob Bennett, R-Utah
When: Friday, July 11, at 9:30 a.m.
Where: Dirksen Room 562
Witnesses Include
Marvin Odum, President, Shell Oil Company, will discuss oil shale
Dave Vieau, A123Systems CEO, will discuss plug-in cars.
Kevin Book, Senior Analyst, Energy Policy, FBR & Co., Inc., will discuss energy markets.
David Curtiss, American Association of Petroleum Geologists will discuss oil in the outer continental shelf.
THE GAS PRICE REDUCTION ACT OF 2008
Summary of Provisions
TITLE I – DEEP SEA EXPLORATION (OCS)
14 Billion Barrels On Atlantic and Pacific OCS – More Than All US Imports From Persian Gulf Countries Over The Last 15 Years
• State Option Nationwide (except Gulf of Mexico)
• Governor petitions to allow exploration, with concurrence of state legislature
• Exploration must be at least 50 miles from coast
• 50% of revenues to Federal Treasury, 37.5% to States, 12.5% to Land & Water Conservation Fund
TITLE II: WESTERN STATE OIL SHALE EXPLORATION
More Than 3 Times The Oil Reserves Of Saudi Arabia
• 800 billion - 2 trillion potentially recoverable barrels in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
• Democrat Congress put moratorium on final regulations for development of this resource
• Republican proposal would repeal the moratorium and allow exploration to move forward
TITLE III: PLUG-IN ELECTRIC CARS AND TRUCKS
• We need better batteries to maximize electricity range & use less gas
• Increased R&D for advanced batteries
• Direct Loans for advanced battery manufacturing facilities
• Sense of Senate that the Federal Government should increase its purchases of these vehicles
TITLE IV: STRENGTHENING U.S. FUTURES MARKETS
• Authorizes increased funding/staff for Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
• Directs the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets to study the international regulation of commodities markets
• Codifies CFTC action on position limits and transparency for foreign boards of trade
• Requires the CFTC to gather information on index traders and swap dealers
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Oh DAMN!....We can't afford to wait no longer."
what! no proof-readers?.....(damn) spell-checker or Freudian slip?
Voinovich actually responds to letters and emails? News to me - I have never gotten a reply from him, not even an automated one.
Beavercreek, OH
I got an honest, real, not computer generated response. Stunned. Like you I have contacted him in the past and been ignored.
There are several pieces of energy legislation he is working on. One is posted above, the other has been stalled in committee. The other is the Gas and Petroleum Refiners Act S. 1503.
This chokes me up.
If recent studies show that only 1% of the oil spills come from drilling and over 30% of the spills occur in transporting the oil.It is enviromentally sound to do more drilling at home.
I can’t stand Voinovich. Barely even a RINO. But with this one issue, he’s locked my vote for him in the future.
The man seems to have regained his senses, or is he up for re-election?
LOL.
Did Voinovich work up some tears when he released this?
I still can't get over Voinovich crying over John Bolton.
There are so many issues that would sink the dems this fall. But if this is an issue that the gop can unify around, then fine. It alone will crush, destroy the liberals. Make drilling and exploring for oil the central them at the gop convention. Let the people know that it’s the democrats in congress hurting the middle class and working poor. McCain and the gop would come out of the convention with a 20 point bounce.
This falls into the ‘stopped clock is right twice a day’ bucket.
When it’s voting time for ‘Stupidest Senator’ Voinovich can only say, ‘Thank the Lord for Sen. Boxer.’
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