For Central Connecticut readers, your congressman, John Larson, apparently doesn't think much of President Bush's views on oil drilling. In a reaction to the president's speech today , Larson said: "President Bush's attempt to politicize the oil crisis that is wreaking havoc on average American's ability to make ends meet is uncalled for and poorly informed. Time and again we have shown that more drilling for oil will do nothing to lower the prices at the pump for the millions of people who are suffering today. In fact, drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge will not produce a drop of oil for ten years. And even after waiting ten years for, the drilling won't lower gas prices by more than a few pennies per gallon. "The President's speech was nothing but a gift to his friends at the big oil companies. And, it is these oil companies who already have rights to drill for 70% of the oil on the Outer Continental Shelf. They have leases to drill on 40 million acres of offshore land, yet they have put only 7 million acres into production. ... This is part of a trend of stockpiling leases to control oil prices and this New Direction Congress can not support it." [I'm not sure which direction the " New Direction Congress " is heading, but apparently it's not toward the Big Oil Annual Picnic.] Conversely, Bush doesn't seem to think much of the views of Larson and his allies. "Congress must face a hard reality. Unless members ...
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For Central Connecticut readers, your congressman, John Larson, apparently doesn't think much of President Bush's views on oil drilling. In a reaction to the president's speech today , Larson said: "President Bush's attempt to politicize the oil crisis that is wreaking havoc on average American's ability to make ends meet is uncalled for and poorly informed. Time and again we have shown that more drilling for oil will do nothing to lower the prices at the pump for the millions of people who are suffering today. In fact, drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge will not produce a drop of oil for ten years. And even after waiting ten years for, the drilling won't lower gas prices by more than a few pennies per gallon. "The President's speech was nothing but a gift to his friends at the big oil companies. And, it is these oil companies who already have rights to drill for 70% of the oil on the Outer Continental Shelf. They have leases to drill on 40 million acres of offshore land, yet they have put only 7 million acres into production. ... This is part of a trend of stockpiling leases to control oil prices and this New Direction Congress can not support it." [I'm not sure which direction the " New Direction Congress " is heading, but apparently it's not toward the Big Oil Annual Picnic.] Conversely, Bush doesn't seem to think much of the views of Larson and his allies. "Congress must face a hard reality. Unless members ...