In light of the oil spill plaguing the country's Gulf Coast region, Republican Sen. David Vitter urged the Obama administration to continue its pursuit of offshore drilling initiatives.
Vitter emphasized that his pro-drilling stance would not be deterred by the massive slick when he appeared on Fox News Sunday over the weekend:
I don’t think that there’s any argument that we should just start shutting down activity now, or even start shutting down new activity that’s planned. Clearly there have got to be changes made because of this incident. But we certainly shouldn’t start shutting things down.
On Monday, Vitter asked his fellow Senators to delay holding any hearings related to the spill. The Hill
reports that the Republican Senator justified his request by citing concerns that a hearing could pull "people and resources" away from clean-up efforts underway.
Last week, Vitter visited the site of the oil spill that continues to threaten the environmental and economic livelihood of his home state.
“Our prayers continue to go out to the families and co-workers of the victims of the explosion,” Vitter said in a statement released by his office in the aftermath of the spill. “We’re facing a very serious situation along the Gulf Coast.”
-- 5/3/2010
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First Posted: 05/10/10 07:05 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 05:25 PM ET