By Congressman Kevin Brady
Sending rigs jobs overseas will devastate Gulf coast economy & drive up energy prices
Texas Insider Report: Washington DC -- The Obama Administration has lost two rounds in the courts but that isnt stopping them from pushing the restart button to try to run out the clock on the energy industry.
By thumbing their noses at the federal courts the Obama Administration appears determined to shut down drilling in the Gulf of Mexico said U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas).
This devastating economic decision will send our rigs and jobs overseas and they wont magically reappear in the Gulf on December first Brady said.
Tens of thousands of Americans earn their livelihoods as Gulf coast energy workers and many are seeing their job loss fears become a harsh reality as rigs begin leaving the Gulf of Mexico because of the administrations determination to ban drilling.
If this latest drilling ban lasts until December it will cripple the Gulf coast economy severely damage American energy infrastructure and drive up future energy prices said Brady.
The administration is seeking to dismiss the original lawsuit while withholding permits in all waters and reissuing the drilling ban a federal judge found unjustified and overbroad.
Sadly this White Houses ideological arrogance appears to know no bounds their efforts to continue to delay production of American energy are turning an environmental disaster into an economic disaster added Brady.
