"There is no excuse for delay,"? the president said in a statement in the Rose Garden. With the presidential election just months away, Bush made a pointed attack on Democrats, accusing them of obstructing his energy proposals and blaming them for high gasoline costs. His proposal echoed a call by Republican presidential candidate John McCain to open the Continental Shelf for exploration

"Families across the country are looking to Washington for a response,"? Bush said.
Congressional Democrats were quick to reject the push for lifting the drilling moratorium, saying oil companies already have 68 million acres offshore waters under lease that are not being developed.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Bush's proposals "another page from (an)... energy policy that was literally written by the oil industry "? give away more public resources."?
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Here is a great example of our leaders- Bush wants to open more, but there millions of acres already under lease that aren't being drilled? Pelosi wants to drill them regardless. I guess we are getting drilled and the truth of the matter is the rich don't mind. Perhaps if we drilled a few of our great leaders?