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EZExit Champion Author Phoenix Posts:10,747 Points:1,735,355 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:01:34 AM Ignore EZExit Report Abuse The Republican-controlled House Natural Resources Committee indefinitely postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday on the 2010 Gulf drilling moratorium after the federal Interior Department would not force current and former employees to testify. Congressional members of the committee were planning to question Interior employees about the justifications for the moratorium that came in the wake of the BP oil leak disaster that killed 11 men and resulted in a three-month discharge of 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf and along Louisiana’s coast. The House committee and its chairman, Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., have issued multiple subpoenas seeking internal records concerning the development of a report that served as the justification of the offshore drilling moratorium. Visit The Advocate for full article

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The Republican-controlled House Natural Resources Committee indefinitely postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday on the 2010 Gulf drilling moratorium after the federal Interior Department would not force current and former employees to testify.

Congressional members of the committee were planning to question Interior employees about the justifications for the moratorium that came in the wake of the BP oil leak disaster that killed 11 men and resulted in a three-month discharge of 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf and along Louisiana’s coast.

The House committee and its chairman, Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., have issued multiple subpoenas seeking internal records concerning the development of a report that served as the justification of the offshore drilling moratorium.
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LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,667 Points:1,229,075 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 26, 2012 11:35:00 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Amen OrphancarguyPE! Good comments.
Nicoalbum Champion Author Ottawa Posts:6,167 Points:1,216,725 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:42:02 PM Ignore Nicoalbum Report Abuse Juridical battles never end.
doctorindyj Champion Author Santa Fe Posts:3,538 Points:864,310 Joined:Nov 2009	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 10:57:33 AM Ignore doctorindyj Report Abuse SO much for the most transparent administration ever. Is the regime going to whip out executive privilege to obfuscate for this worthless bureaucracy as well? Absolute power corrupts everyone but this president?
Skunk63 Champion Author Phoenix Posts:2,687 Points:585,000 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 9:10:44 AM Ignore Skunk63 Report Abuse Read the article closely. It's not Congress that's ineffective here. It's the administration getting in the way of Congress doing their job.
BurntOrange Champion Author Austin Posts:8,877 Points:1,609,740 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 9:09:27 AM Ignore BurntOrange Report Abuse Congress - ever effective.
gandalfthegrey1 Champion Author Houston Posts:1,184 Points:384,785 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 8:19:41 AM Ignore gandalfthegrey1 Report Abuse More than likely the Interior Dept won't force (won't allow is probably more the case) employees to testify is that it will expose them in the same way Fast and Furious exposed DOJ. Of course the loss of life is tragic, however, regardless of the amount of laws, moratoriums, regulations, precautionary measures put in place no one will be able to prevent every accident, everywhere, all the time. There are myriads of traffic laws. So far that has not kept people from being killed. There is an equal number of laws etc relative to air travel. Those have not kept crashes from occurring. There are laws etc relative to farming. That hasn't prevented drought. There are laws etc relative to banks. That hasn't prevented failures and corrupt practices. We don't and never will have a utopian existence where nothing ever goes wrong. That's unfortunate, but life happens whether we like it or not.
Rockinrobby Veteran Author Tallahassee Posts:444 Points:276,990 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 7:16:36 AM Ignore Rockinrobby Report Abuse ok
orphancarguyPE Champion Author PEI Posts:3,905 Points:758,100 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 7:14:29 AM Ignore orphancarguyPE Report Abuse 11 people dead, 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled despoiling sea bottom fish habitat, crucial coastal wildlife refuges, endless miles of tourism destinations and beaches at risk of ruin including financial ruin, billions of dollars spent on cleanup rather than productive investment, billions of dollars lost in the tourism and fishing industries (the real LONG term employers folks) including real people, not just corporations, losing their jobs and livelihood and the brain-dead 'I got all my campaign financing from big oil and gas' Republicans have NOTHING more constructive to do, than harass the civil servants who proposed the step-back moratorium? Because that is all that it is, harassment plain and simple. That is just a symptom of what is so dreadfully wrong with the US political system. Politicians taking millions in 'donations' from a few large businesses, everything just going on as before, no innovative solutions proposed to get out of this crazy dependency on oil at ANY cost (especially if execs making those donations keep their perqs and salaries and offshore their corporation profits and bank accounts, and only the taxpayers pay)...and no executive being paid millions of dollars a year for 'being in charge' and making those decisions that lead to disasters such as this goes to jail for 20 years or faces the death penalty for the deaths of all those people and ruination of tens of thousands of peoples daily lives and businesses. Lord Acton, who is mainly remembered for one quote, said several memorable and pertinent things: "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” "Great men are almost always bad men." “The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.” "The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks." and most pertinent of all "There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men."
MImusicman Champion Author Michigan Posts:2,008 Points:434,400 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 6:58:51 AM Ignore MImusicman Report Abuse rrrrrrrr
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:35,301 Points:2,398,095 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 6:57:22 AM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse more obama obfuscation
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:10,202 Points:1,768,560 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 6:30:07 AM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse 11 people dead..... has anybody been convicted of negligent homicide yet?
Luckylindy Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:4,650 Points:1,153,795 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 6:27:03 AM Ignore Luckylindy Report Abuse So much for Odummers open presidency. Isn't that what he promised?
yardslave Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:2,692 Points:623,530 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 6:23:45 AM Ignore yardslave Report Abuse Where's the justice for the dead?
jcurley Champion Author California Posts:8,013 Points:1,800,545 Joined:Dec 2007	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 5:54:11 AM Ignore jcurley Report Abuse @mastermariner - good comment. Why isn't the House going after BP for killing a dozen people? Maybe the GOP should try doing some actual work, rather than snipe hunting.
mastermariner Champion Author Texas Posts:4,820 Points:520,450 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 5:22:48 AM Ignore mastermariner Report Abuse Lot of hot air
wrunner Champion Author Virginia Posts:4,582 Points:1,163,310 Joined:Dec 2009	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 5:19:31 AM Ignore wrunner Report Abuse Do the right thing, it is the right thing to do.
grandpadon28110 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:4,851 Points:1,169,035 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 4:32:41 AM Ignore grandpadon28110 Report Abuse So.
bisonjim Champion Author Florida Posts:1,115 Points:230,705 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:45:53 AM Ignore bisonjim Report Abuse What????
graceman Champion Author Baltimore Posts:4,968 Points:1,158,725 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:43:33 AM Ignore graceman Report Abuse Whatever
OHMS Champion Author Orange County Posts:13,866 Points:1,718,545 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Jul 25, 2012 2:27:24 AM Ignore OHMS Report Abuse ¿ indefinitely postponed a moratorium ?