Dr. Cassidy's Blog

Cassidy Oped: Gulf Coast Can't Afford CLEAR Disaster

Friday, July 30, 2010

In an OpEd published in The Hill, Rep. Bill Cassidy explains that the CLEAR Act, which is billed as a response to the oil spill, "has much less to do with preventing another spill than it does preventing domestic energy production and destroying jobs." Read more...

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Cassidy Seeks Vote On Drilling Ban

Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) signaled Wednesday that he will seek a House vote to overturn the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil-and-gas drilling that began in late May.
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Advocate: Cassidy Proposes New Panel

Monday, July 19, 2010
In response to President Obama's appointment of a partisan oil spill commission that is ideologically opposed to domestic energy production, Cassidy introduced legislation to create a bipartisan, independent commission of experts to investigate the Deepwater Horizon spill.  Cassidy's proposal passed unanimously in the House Natural Resources Committee. Read more... Bookmark and Share