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House Hearing on Interior Dept. Oversight of Offshore Drilling

House Hearing on Interior Dept. Oversight of Offshore Drilling

House Hearing on Interior Dept. Oversight of Offshore Drilling

Washington, DC
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management testified on Capitol Hill about federal policies regarding offshore oil and natural gas drilling. Members asked about policy changes following the Deepwater Horizon explosion, including the moratorium on new deepwater drilling leases. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held the hearing.

Updated: Friday, November 26, 2010 at 8:46pm (ET)

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