The best way to prevent oil spills is to stop the expansion of offshore drilling, reducing the number of petroleum-laden tankers and offshore platforms littering our nation’s coastlines. However, given the offshore drilling that already exists, the Oil Spill Prevention Act is an important bill that every senator should be able to support.
Seadrill, one of the companies involved in the Australian spill, has set up offices in Houston and is targeting the Gulf of Mexico for additional operations. Congressman Parker Griffith seems to think that’s just fine – but then, he’s got nothing to lose.
It’s the largest oil spill in Australian history, and it could go on for months more. How has Sue Myrick responded to the news of this massive oil spill? She hasn’t. Myrick is pretending that the oil spill isn’t happening at all, and she hasn’t taken any action to amend her legislation one bit.
The fact that one of the supposedly spill-proof offshore drilling platforms has created one of the largest oil spills in history ought to give politicians like Congressman Adrian Smith second thoughts.
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