Vitter argues ban on offshore drilling has led to 'de facto moratorium' in the Gulf

In an interview on the conservative "Dateline Washington" radio program, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) said, "The good news is that the courts so far have rejected so far the president's having proper authority to impose the drastic moratorium." He explained that the full case will not be heard for a couple weeks, and "because of all this uncertainty, no companies are rushing out to restart operations in the gulf, so there is a de facto moratorium that is killing us economically. If this continues," argued Vitter, "it will cost us far more jobs than the oil itself."

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