Monday, September 15, 2014
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) has signed a letter sent to U.S. Department of the Interior secretary Sally Jewell and co-signed by 21 Republican senators requesting that the department make all offshore oil and gas resources in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) available for oil and gas exploration and development. The letter, led by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), requests that all offshore resources be in Interior’s five-year program.