Richardson rips McCain on offshore drilling (Dems' weekly radio address)

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Richardson rips McCain on offshore drilling
By Roxana Tiron
Posted: 06/28/08 11:09 AM


New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Saturday used the Democrats’ weekly radio address to assail GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) over his plans to allow offshore drilling to reduce the U.S. dependency on foreign oil.

“President Bush and Sen. McCain want to open our pristine wilderness lands and shorelines to unrestricted drilling. That is beyond irresponsible -- it is dangerous and unnecessary,” Richardson, who served as energy secretary under Bill Clinton, said. “We’re not against responsible drilling. We believe the oil companies should drill on some of the millions of acres of land they already have but aren’t using.”

The governor, who also ran for the presidency before dropping out at the beginning of this year, hailed Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) energy plan as he was panning McCain’s.

“Obama will also raise the fuel standards in our cars and trucks and provide financial help to our automakers and autoworkers to help them make this transition,” Richardson said. “He’ll invest $150 billion over the next ten years in alternative sources of energy like wind power, and solar power, and advanced biofuels, creating up to five million new jobs.”

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