Vitter Calls Out Renegade Federal Agencies to Obtain Congressional Consent

By Kevin Mooney

06/02/2011

Federal agencies that have unilaterally curtailed energy production in the Gulf of Mexico should obtain congressional approval before any new regulations are implemented, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has argued on the Senate floor.

TAGS: Department of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement, Department of Interior, Gulf of Mexico, Moratorium, Permits, Sen. David Vitter

Vitter Challenges Obama Administration on the Number of Oil Drilling Permits

By Kevin Mooney

03/17/2011

Sen. David Vitter has called out top Obama Administration officials for misleading the public and members of Congress on the actual number of offshore oil drilling permits. A recent motion from the Department of Justice includes numbers that tell a much different story than what has been communicated in congressional testimony.

TAGS: David Vitter, Department of Justice, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Michael Bromwich, Obama Administration, oil drilling, Permits

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

View Report