Better Quote by David Pratt

Offshore drilling is not the solution to U.S. energy independence, and I am against opening parts of the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic oceans to…

— Deb Haaland

We can sit between active drilling operations in neighboring countries, complaining that it's too risky to develop our own resources while the world around…

— Lisa Murkowski

Fracking opens up vast tracts of the U.S. to exploitation by gas drillers. There's enough energy under our feet to last us for decades,…

— Kenneth Fisher

Extreme deep water drilling is not the preferred choice to meet our country's energy needs, but your protests and lawsuits and lies about onshore…

— Sarah Palin

In reality drilling is the slowest, dirtiest, and most expensive way to solve our energy crisis.

— Lois Capps

America's neighbors are not drilling for fun or for sport; they've chosen to proceed to create new jobs, generate new revenues, and increase the…

— Lisa Murkowski

If you opened up every single potential drilling opportunity in the United States, it would have the effect of lowering gas prices three cents,…

— Jennifer Granholm

The worst thing we can do as a nation is taking the easy way out. If you start opening up offshore drilling, then you…

— Joe Biden

Even as we work to develop more sources of petroleum for the United States, we must continue our vigorous pursuit of alternative fuels, so…

— Virgil Goode

The United States is the biggest spender of oil and of all the planet resources. Oil is a very valuable resource for life -…

— Hugo Chavez

Natural gas is better distributed than any other fuel in the United States. It's down every street and up every alley. There's a pipeline.

— T. Boone Pickens

The oil companies are regulated by the federal government. They can't drill on land nor in American waters without permission from the feds. Many…

— Bill O'Reilly