drilling

Lost in all the chaotic development surrounding the current crisis in U.S. financial markets was the following: The leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes their chief fundraiser Chris Van Hollen (D-MD8), has just collapsed on the issue of offshore oil drilling. Bowing to White House demands, they have agreed to let the ban on offshore oil drilling, in place since the early 1980’s, expire.

In 2006, President Bush observed that our nation is "addicted to oil." Now, in 2008, my opponent Rep. Van Hollen is arguing with the president about where we should get our next fix.