Senator Scott Statement on Obama Offshore Energy Plan

Statement

U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) released the following statement after the Obama Administration today proposed a 2017-2022 draft Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing plan that includes offshore South Carolina and other Atlantic states:

"President Obama's draft is a very small step forward for an administration that has done so much to harm America's energy production. It includes only one lease sale for the mid and south Atlantic region and a record setting low number of lease sales for a five-year plan. This simply is not a robust plan that embraces expanding America's energy production to new areas to create jobs, grow our economy and insulate America from foreign oil produced by dangerous countries. Today's proposal is a much delayed and tepid start to a process that I hope will include more access and lease sales to allow Atlantic states like South Carolina the opportunity for economic empowerment that offshore energy production provides."

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