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Senator Mangles Facts on Drilling Moratorium

Posted on July 27, 2012

In an email to constituents, Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana claims “the Obama administration shut down the entire offshore oil and gas industry” after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. That’s not true. The administration halted the drilling of all new wells for one month. And the Interior Department …
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McConnell Misreads Oil Report

Posted on April 3, 2012

Mitch McConnell incorrectly claimed that oil production is “up 96 percent on state-owned land and private land,” which isn’t close to being true. Production rose 11 percent on those lands in fiscal year 2011, the period to which McConnell alluded. Even over the last five fiscal years, the rise has …
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