More than 5,500 energy workers and private citizens packed the George R. Brown Convention Center as well as two venues in Port Arthur and Corpus Christi today to stand up for jobs and the economy.
With thousands of jobs threatened by the offshore drilling moratorium, proposals for higher energy taxes, and a faltering economic recovery, people whose jobs and livelihoods depend on the oil and natural gas industry came together to send a message to Congress and the administration: They will make their voices heard in Washington and at the ballot box.
As Carroll Robinson of the Houston Citizens Chamber of Commerce told the crowd, the president and members of Congress have forgotten that the 9.2 million U.S. workers supported by the oil and gas industry care about their children's future, abou... more »
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