After Quote by Mark Foley

Thirty percent of the Nation's energy comes off the gulf coast.

— Bobby Jindal

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the…

— Gary Miller

As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America's energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico…

— Rick Renzi

I also believe that Hurricane Katrina did reveal a weakness in our energy supply systems, highlighting the reliance this country has on the gulf…

— Steve Buyer

Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain.

— Paul Gillmor

Since 2006, we have surpassed Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and California in oil production to become the second largest oil-producing state in the nation, trailing…

— John Hoeven

Eighty-five percent of us in this country, by the way, live in coastal areas, so again, Katrina and Rita were not just about New…

— Mitch Landrieu

It's not just a hurricane. It's the demand for gas in China... We're paying $3 a gallon, and the oil companies are making historic…

— Ron Klein

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

Now we are all learning what it's like to reap the whirlwind of fossil fuel dependence... Our destructive addiction has given us a catastrophic…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

Hurricane [Katrina] hit the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of the Gulf Coast - that was an act of God ... Now what happened…

— James Carville