Let's Get This Party Started
Washington (PTI): US President George W Bush has lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and criticised the Congressional Democrats for not following any of his proposals in this regard.
Bush criticised the Congress for failing to lift its own ban on offshore drilling and said that time has come now to come to terms with rising prices of oil at the pumps and homes.
"For years, my administration has been calling on Congress to expand domestic oil production. Unfortunately, Democrats on Capitol Hill have rejected virtually every proposal. And now Americans are paying at the pump," Bush said.
"One of the most important steps we can take to expand American oil production is to increase access to offshore exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf, or what's called the OCS. But Congress has restricted access to keep parts of the OCS since the early 1980s," the President said.