Original upload date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 02:32:19 GMT
MAY 24 2010: "So I firmly believe, in order to create energy, we have to also mine those natural resources that have here, with more drilling offshore, on the outer continental shelf. And even though
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we saw this week that there can be accidents, as we saw off the shore of Louisiana, there can be accidents. I do believe we need to do this in an environmentally responsible way. It's a state's issue for drilling off shore, or sometimes for the areas within the states. We have federal property that we can go in to in the oil shales, as we've proven successful already. And the folks in Alaska, where we've already drilled in one area, now we have ANWR, which is the federal area. And I believe we can go in to these areas and drill, and drill appropriately." [Linda McMahon, comments made to a forum hosted by local Tea Party activists at The Courtyard By Marriott, Waterbury, CT]
