democrats to push for offshore
drilling ban when congress
reconvenes.
tell us about the first piece of
legislation from joe cunningham,
democrat from south carolina,
what would his bill do?
>> this is a pretty big piece of
legislation.
it would block offshore drilling
off of both the atlantic and
pacific shores.
right now there's not a ton of
drilling going on on either
coast, but the trump
administration has made clear
that they view both coastlines
to have a lot of potential for
offshore drilling.
so you really see this as a move
by democrats to try to cut off
the administration and make sure
that these coastlines are
permanently protected.
>> the one bill getting some
bipartisan support coming out of
the house natural resources
committee is by florida
republican francis rooney,
getting two republican members
to vote for it in committee.
tell us about his bill dealing
with drilling in the eastern
gulf.
>> representative rooney's bill
would block any drilling from
the eastern gulf of...