House Democrats responded to President's Bush's call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. This was at an on-camera press conference fed back live. Among other things, the Democrats called for the government to own refineries so it could better control the flow of the oil supply. At an off-camera briefing, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said the same.
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), member of the House Appropriations Committee and one of the most-ardent opponents of off-shore drilling:

"We (the government) should own the refineries. Then we can control how much gets out into the market."

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Somehow I don't think this will end well...somebody doesn't get it!


http://www.foxnews.com/urgent_queue/index.html#a54ef44,2008-06-18