Woodall Asks Constituents to Contact Obama Administration
Congressman’s video message recorded during most recent visit to Lawrenceville.
Citing high gas prices, Rep. Rob Woodall (R-GA-07) said it is time to tap the country’s vast energy reserves.
“We have a choice in this country,” Woodall said in a videotaped message released last week. “We have resources the likes of which no other country on this planet can claim.”
Woodall said the second largest drilling company in America is going out of business because of restrictions put in place by the Obama administration.
“You know what the solution to this is? Drill, drill, drill,” Woodall said.
According to Woodall, the restrictions do not result in an oil or energy problem, they represent a national security crisis.
“We must achieve energy independence today,” he said. “And the only way to do that is to get started taking advantage of those tremendous petroleum resources, coal resources, natural gas resources and more that God has blessed our great nation with.”
Woodall encouraged citizens to contact the Obama administration and ask that drilling permits be issued.
Woodall’s 7th Congressional District includes all of Barrow and Walton counties, most of Gwinnett County, and portions of Forsyth and Newton counties.
Suzanne
2:02 pm on Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Oh give me a break, hear we go again, Drill baby drill. GWB administration thought they were going to get the oil from Iraq. How did that go? We cannot drill our way out.
Dave Emanuel
7:04 pm on Tuesday, May 31, 2011
And you base your statement on??? Any particular facts? Without question, we need to transition away from using oil as a primary energy source, but until an economically viable alternative is available, what do you suggest? We just wring our hands and wish, or develop more domestic resources to improve the economy during the transition to other fuels? There is no single answer to our energy needs at the moment.