Blunt: Congress now the only obstacle to lower gas prices

House Republican Whip Roy Blunt lives up to his name.

With President Bush rescinding an executive order preventing offshore oil drilling, the only obstacle left to increasing the nation's domestic oil supply is Congress, controlled by Democrats.

"With the president's decision today to lift the ban on the responsible development of America's deep-ocean energy, only one obstacle remains between the American people and accessing the abundant reserves of homegrown energy that are rightfully theirs: Democrats in Washington, D.C.," Blunt says.

Following the link below to read Blunt's statement.

Blunt: Congress Now the Only Obstacle Between American People and Abundant, Affordable (and Homegrown) Energy