Statement by Former Senator Domenici Commending the President's Decision to Expand Outer Continental Shelf Drilling

WASHINGTON, March 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement on President Obama's decision to expand Outer Continental Shelf drilling by former Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM), now a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center:

"I congratulate the President on his decision to expand access to domestic oil and gas reserves on the Outer Continental Shelf.  The decision will enhance our energy security and benefit our economy.  As former Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, I believe that the President's decision will enhance the effort to develop bipartisan congressional support for bold energy legislation.  

"I realize how many factors went into the President's decision because we confronted the same decisions when we worked on the 2005 and 2007 Energy Policy Acts."

About the Bipartisan Policy Center:

In 2007, former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell formed the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to develop and promote solutions that can attract the public support and political momentum to achieve real progress. Currently, the BPC focuses on issues including health care, energy, national and homeland security, transportation, science and economic policy. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/.

SOURCE Bipartisan Policy Center

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