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May 14, 2010

Senators Propose Permanent Ban on Offshore Drilling in Pacific
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In other drilling news, six West Coast senators have proposed a
permanent ban on offshore oil drilling in the Pacific Ocean. Senator
Dianne Feinstein of California announced the proposal along with
senators from Washington and Oregon.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein: “I can’t imagine putting a rig out there with
faulty equipment as deep as it is—even a submarine can’t reach it—and
with no set method to close off that well. So we believe that offshore
oil drilling is simply not worth the risk, and I think here you have
every senator on the West Coast saying, ‘We don’t want it. We will fight
to protect our coast.’ And the beginning is this bill.”



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