Offshore Drilling: House Republicans Offer Old Idea As New Infrastructure Solution

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Sep 28, 2011, 05:02 AM
WASHINGTON -- Responding to President Obama's call in the American Jobs Act for increased infrastructure spending, House Republicans are offering up a favorite standby: offshore drilling."There are some initiatives, and you may see one as early as next week," Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio) told HuffPost on Monday after a speech at the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, "that talk about using revenues from the offshore leasing program to go into dam safety, road building and water infrastructure."More...

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