Alexandria Town Talk
By Mike Hasten
July 14, 2010

... "The ultimate effect of this second moratorium is the same as the first -- to shut down drilling operations in the Gulf and risk killing an estimated 20,000 jobs in Louisiana and result in a loss of $65 (million) to $135 million in wages to Louisianians each month. We certainly don't want even one more drop of oil in our water or on our shores, but we need the federal government to do their jobs to ensure drilling is done safely without killing thousands of jobs for our people," Jindal said. ...

U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, said, "The administration's decision to proceed with a second moratorium is a tremendous disappointment. Again, they have let us down in this time of crisis. Even after the president's own commission of experts disagreed with the first moratorium, which was invalidated by two federal courts, the White House continues to push forward its misguided ideology." ...

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