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June 11, 2008
(CNSNews.com) - House Republicans want the American people to know that right now -- around 60 miles off the coast of Key West, Fla. -- China is drilling for oil, thanks to a lease issued by Cuba.
But 1,200 miles north of Key West, Democrats in Washington are blocking the United States from conducting its own environmentally-safe oil and gas exploration in similar U.S. coastal areas, said a news release from House Republican leader John Boehner's office.
"By prohibiting the United States from taking part in the same type of energy exploration that the Chinese are conducting just miles off our shores, the Democratic Majority on Capitol Hill continues to prove itself complicit in an energy crisis that has saddled American families and small businesses with gas prices that have reached $4.05 per gallon today," the news release said.
"Do congressional Democrats actually believe China has more ingenuity and more concern for the environment than the United States?" Republicans asked.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Energy Department said gasoline prices are expected to remain close to $4 a gallon through 2009.
Republicans are pushing an energy plan that would expand domestic oil exploration and production; encourage the opening of new American oil refineries; and invest in alternative energy sources such as wind, nuclear, and captured carbon dioxide.
China's Drilling for Oil in America's Backyard, Republicans Say -- 06/11/2008
In the end, no one gets anything until we have a catastrophic failure of the whole system, then they are more interested in assigning blame than solving anything.
Like blaming "tree huggers" for the energy crises, you mean?
Totally, dude.