Hastings Urges Restarting Gulf Drilling to Stem Rising Prices
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The Obama administration should resume deep-water drilling “right away” and open new areas to offshore exploration to keep oil prices from rising, said the House Republican who oversees Interior Department legislation.
“I don’t wish for higher gasoline prices,” House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings of Washington said in an interview in his office yesterday. “As we get into more of the tourist season, during which typically gasoline prices rise, I think the American public will push that decision.”