Obama Calls for Offshore Oil and Gas in SOTU
Mark Green
Posted January 28, 2010
We are encouraged by the President's words that decisions need to be made about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development.
These are important and necessary decisions for the American people and the American economy. Greater access to America's vast oil and natural gas resources would bring more domestic energy, thousands of American jobs, billions in government revenues and less reliance on imported energy.
We support the President on jobs and are ready to do our part putting more Americans back to work. But to create these jobs, we will need policies that allow investment and development--policies that are pro-job, pro-consumer and pro-energy.
We are ready to work with the administration to help make that happen.
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Update on February 1, 2010: For more on energy issues discussed in President Obama's SOTU address and climate legislation, read Jack Gerard's comments on the National Journal blog.
About The Author
Mark Green joined API after a career in newspaper journalism, including 16 years as national editorial writer for The Oklahoman in the paper’s Washington bureau. Previously, Mark was a reporter, copy editor and sports editor at an assortment of newspapers. He earned his journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma and master’s in journalism and public affairs from American University. He and his wife Pamela have two grown children and six grandchildren.