Posted on July 19, 2013 at 3:08 pm by Jennifer A. Dlouhy in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Politics/Policy Comments() | E-mail | Print Texas Gov. Rick Perry prepares for a presidential debate in October 2011. AP Photo/Scott Eells, Pool) Congress can do more to advance offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean while boosting the economies of coastal states, eight governors said Friday. Options rage from giving states a greater share of federal drilling royalties to passing legislation that would force the Interior Department to make more coastal tracts available for oil and gas development, the group of coastal governors said. The governors, including Texas’ Rick...
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