Although oil drilling under the Great Lakes isn't the most pressing issue at the moment, Congressman Mike Rogers' rhetoric about opposing a federal drilling ban is comical. He says he doesn't want to "federalize" the Great Lakes. Does that mean he supports separate actions by eight different states to stop invasive species from the ballast water of oceangoing vesseles? And he's co-sponsoring a bill to plow $6 billion in federal money into restoring the Lakes. Finally, he supports drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. One has to wonder what his true basis for opposition to the ban is.
http://www.freep.com/news/mich/drill14e_20050414.htm
Congressman Rogers' vote in favor of Arctic drilling (part of his near-zero environmental voting record) is recorded here:
http://www.capwiz.com/lcv/issues/votes/?votenum=241&chamber=H&congress=1082
Posted by Dave at April 14, 2005 12:51 PM