Boehner: Obama Should Open Up Pacific & Gulf to Drilling

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12:06 PM, Mar 31, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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John Boehner's response to Obama's decision to allow some drilling off the Atlantic coast:

“Opening up areas off the Virginia coast to offshore production is a positive step, but keeping the Pacific Coast and Alaska, as well as the most promising resources of the Gulf of Mexico, under lock and key makes no sense at a time when gasoline prices are rising and Americans are asking ‘Where are the jobs?’"