Posted on 02/13/2011 6:26:05 AM PST by Libloather
Landrieu slams 'de facto moratorium' amid news of key driller's bankruptcy
By Andrew Restuccia - 02/12/11 09:35 AM ET
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) slammed what she called a “de facto moratorium” on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico late Saturday night amid news that a major shallow-water driller filed for bankruptcy.
Landrieu, an outspoken critic of the Obama administration’s offshore drilling policies, blamed the Interior Department’s “excruciatingly slow release of oil and gas permits” for the company’s hard times.
“How many more rigs have to leave and how many more businesses have to close before it realizes the havoc the de facto moratorium is wrecking on the Gulf Coast? When these businesses close, people lose good paying jobs, our communities erode and our unique culture disappears,” Landrieu said in a statement.
The Obama administration imposed a moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of last year’s massive oil spill. The moratorium has since been lifted, but Landrieu and other drill-state lawmakers say drillers are operating under a “de facto moratorium” because no deepwater drilling permits have been issued.
The Interior Department has issued a suite of new safety rules with which drillers must comply, a process that has resulted in frustrations in the industry.
But shallow-water drilling in the Gulf was exempt from the administration’s moratorium and the Interior Department has issued 31 shallow-water permits since the oil spill.
That’s not enough, Landrieu said.
“The most infuriating thing about this announcement is that the shallow water industry was not placed under the president's moratorium,” she said. “Despite this, [Interior’s] new rules and regulations make it very difficult to conduct business in the Gulf. It is time the administration ends this madness and gets the folks along the Gulf Coast back to work.”
That's the plan, Mary.
Stupid news reporter didn’t mention that the Obama administration is in CONTEMPT OF COURT and has been ruled againstt for the de-facto moratorium.
If Bush was in contempt of court the media would have screamed it for years.
Stupid news reporter didn’t mention that the Obama administration is in CONTEMPT OF COURT and has been ruled againstt for the de-facto moratorium.
If Bush was in contempt of court the media would have screamed it for years.
Let me guess... this demonrat skank is up for re-election in 2012, so she finally gets the “green light” to complain (after she first requests permission from the jug-eared moron) about how these purposefully detrimental policies are adversely effecting the region on a Saturday night when no one is paying attention, in order to appear as though she is acting to rectify the situation, despite the fact that this unconstitutional “de facto” moratorium has been in place for months. Did I leave anything out?
As ignorant as Manchin who sold out his state too.
I’m no supporter of Mary Landrieu (despite being from Louisisna), but she has been chastising Obama about the moratorium since the beginning. This is just one more instance.
Oh you silly girl, your boy zero and his posse of radical a##hats with the help of “pay no attention to the men behind the curtain” mob are deliberatley destroying everything associated with American capitolism. You just happened to get caught in the middle. It sucks being you but Im sure you’ll get over it quickly being part of the clown posse that will go down in history as being responsible for the destruction of America. There now don’t you feel good, like a tingling up yor leg good? Now shut up and do what your told
Arrggg.....Louisiana, not “Louisisna”. I really can spell, but sometimes my typing.......!
“Did I leave anything out?”
Let’s not forget about the Louisiana purchase deal she made
on the healthcare bill.
Mary, when you deal with the Devil, you shouldn’t act all
shocked and surprised when you end up getting the short end
of the stick.
The stupid bimbo supported eveything The Zero did for two years, so now she sees the damage and stupidity of her actions.
She needs replaced.
Your party did this Mary! Your leader, your FAULT! Climb into bed with dogs, get up with fleas MARY!
Not just off-shore oil - Obama is driving a stake through the heart of some of America’s major energy supplies - oil, coal and electricity
Not up for reelection until 2012. Roman Catholic. Las Vegas odds that she's the next Republican Senator from Lousiana? Anyone?
When I see her switch parties, I’ll know she is mad.
The only reason Landrieu is complaining is because it affects her campaign contributions from the oil industry.
Without that money, she has no chance at re-election.
All of them.
Cmon Mary, don’t you want to slap him?
You forgot that her last name is Landrieu, that means a hell of a lot in Louisiana.
They are in contempt of court RE: Gulf drilling...
They are continuing to implement a law ruled unconstitutional, i.e. ObamaCare
They are ignoring subpoenas in the Black Panther case...
They think they can get away with whatever they want...
One day, hopefully soon, they will be held accountable...
Louisiana GOP would be nuts if they allowed nobama’s ho mary to switch. Let her go down with the sorass/nobama ship.
LA needs to learn the hard lesson to NOT ELECT DEMS. Maybe they are.
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