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The Trump administrations plan to open nearly all U.S. waters to oil drilling is already taking heat from an unlikely source: Republicans.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) swiftly released statements on Thursday opposing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinkes proposal to allow oil and gas companies to drill on the Atlantic coast for the first time since the 1980s.
I urge Secretary Zinke to recognize the Florida Congressional delegations bipartisan efforts to maintain and extend the moratorium in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and remove this area for future planning purposes, Rubio said.
In a tweet, Scott, a close Trump ally, said he already asked to immediately meet with Secretary Zinke to discuss the concerns I have with this plan and the crucial need to remove Florida from consideration.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/east-coast-republicans-slam-trump-administrations-offshore-drilling-plan/ar-BBHSM2w?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=edgsp
Little Marco always talks tough. Will he do anything? Doubt it.
enough
(13,270 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,458 posts)try again
superpatriotman
(6,254 posts)Should get the first platform right off the beach
Wounded Bear
(58,777 posts)Shit, the Arabs are all moving to nuclear, or want to. Has anyone been paying attention?
The real pressure we're putting on Russia is our economic attacks on petroleum. I say keep it up.
Oh, and quit pushing for more Drill, Baby Drill!
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)Bush and the Saudis conspired to flood the market with oil to ruin the Soviet foreign trade balance. It worked.
Wounded Bear
(58,777 posts)besides dirty money and porn.