One of the tenets of the energy policy supported by Senator Coons, President Obama, and Senate Democrats is that American oil companies ought to be utilizing as much of the area they’ve received permits for as they possibly can rather than letting them continue to sit idle. The good news is that according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the number of crude oil rigs in operation in the U.S. has actually more than doubled since President Obama took office. That’s a good sign that we’re making inroads toward energy independence.
