Speaking on the one-year anniversary of the Gulf oil disaster, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal slammed the Obama administration’s policy on oil drilling the Gulf of Mexico.
Mr. Jindal touted the coastal community’s recovery since the oil spill last year, adding that his state is attempting to recover from policies put in place by President Obama.
“One of the side effects, one of the things we need to recover from is the administration imposed a one-size-fits-all moratorium after the spill,” Mr. said. “We want drilling to be done safely but we don’t want to lose thousands of jobs down here.”
The Republican governor noted, “three hundred miles of coast continue to be oiled, but at the same time, you’re seeing a great recovery story here.”
Mr. Jindal, who was vocal in his criticism of Mr. Obama’s administration during the oil spill crisis, has remained a fierce critic of President Obama and of BP, the company partially responsible for the oil rig that exploded. Speaking Wednesday. Mr. Jindal repeated his demands that BP make advance payments of millions or billions of dollars related to the disaster’s impact on the state.
