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To: American Spirit who wrote (66424)	5/19/2006 2:18:40 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

SANITY prevails for the moment House Votes to Keep Offshore Drilling Ban WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite talk of an energy crisis and the need for independence from foreign oil, Congress seems to be in no mood to open more of the country's coastal waters to energy development. The House late Thursday rejected an attempt to end the quarter-century ban on oil and natural gas drilling that has been in effect for 85 percent of the country's coastal waters from Alaska to New England despite arguments that new supplies are needed to lower energy costs. Lawmakers from Florida and California, who led the fight to continue the drilling moratorium, said they feared energy projects as close as three miles from shore could jeopardize multibillion-dollar tourism industries in their states. "People don't go to visit the coasts of Florida or the coast of California to watch oil wells," Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., said... ..."Natural gas beyond three miles belongs to all Americans and we are entitled to use it," argued Rep. Charles Regula, R-Ohio, whose district, like Peterson's, lies far from the ocean waters that were at the heart of the House debate... hosted.ap.org