Sessions: ‘We ought to be saying the energy companies are our friends.’
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 20th, 2008 4:38 am by HL
Sessions: ‘We ought to be saying the energy companies are our friends.’
Proudly doing Big Oil’s bidding on the House floor today, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) said: What do we hear back from Washington, DC? … “Let’s stick it to Big Oil!” Well, in fact, what we ought to be saying is that energy companies are our friends. … What are the energy companies saying? They’re […]
Proudly doing Big Oil’s bidding on the House floor today, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) said:
What do we hear back from Washington, DC? … “Let’s stick it to Big Oil!” Well, in fact, what we ought to be saying is that energy companies are our friends. … What are the energy companies saying? They’re saying please give us the opportunity to go where there is oil or the perception that there’s oil and go looking for it and provide it to the American public.
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The energy companies are certainly friends of Pete Sessions. Since 2004, Sessions has received over $330,000 from the oil and gas industry. In return, Sessions is aggressively promoting greater oil drilling. But as the Energy Information Administration states, increased drilling in the outer continental shelf will have an “insignificant” impact on oil prices.