A Crude Awakening / No Relief in the Pipeline

Tony Perkins, FRC Washington Update: With Americans driving less and paying more when they do, some members of Congress are looking to bring some much-needed relief to people at the pump. Yesterday, House Republicans strengthened their call to begin drilling off the nation's coast in what is believed to be an extremely oil-rich area. Although the drilling would be at least 50 miles away from shore and reap "enough oil to replace Middle East imports for 35 years," Democrats stubbornly refused and deep-sixed the proposal by a 9-6 party-line vote. For almost three decades, a federal law has prevented drilling in U.S. waters, but the area under new scrutiny would be well beyond the moratorium's reach. While the liberal leadership sits on its environmental laurels, the frustration is building. Reports that China is drilling for oil 60 miles outside of Cuba is adding more fuel to the fire. Pretty soon, the rest of the world will be racing to our shores to unlock the natural resources we refuse to touch.

Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) was just one of the many frustrated members angered that Congress is leaving billions of barrels of American oil untapped. "Democrats were voting in line with their leadership, but they certainly weren't voting in line with the 104 million American families struggling to make ends meet in a world of $4.05 gasoline." Of course, the "green" crowd has been lobbying leaders to oppose the drilling and embrace biofuels as the "moral" alternative. They would rather starve the earth's poor of its food supply to make their ethanol than intrude on two miles of animal habitat. Tell me, where is the morality in that? See Also: House Subcommittee Rejects Plan to Open U.S. Waters to More Oil Exploration

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