Read this and see if you think what Congress is doing is a little silly.
"In response, Hofmeister lauded the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which was supported by U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, and signed by President George W. Bush.
"It was a fairly useful piece of legislation," he said, adding criticism to recent bills in the U.S. House and Senate, which he says give "no new access to oil and gas" supplies on United States soil and make it difficult to help build new refineries.
Reached in Washington, D.C., Friday afternoon, Brady agreed, admonishing "this new Congress" for "punishing our oil companies and discouraging more exploration."
Brady believes federal lawmakers should grant more access to resources in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge and the Gulf of Mexico, in addition to the shale oil reserves.
Brady believes Americans can pay as much as $1 less per gallon of gas if the nation "took more responsibility for our own energy needs."
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18985070&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532215&rfi=6
2007-11-03
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