Senators press for drilling off FloridaFlorida senators want drilling farther from state’s coast; Senate resource committee leadership wants drilling 50 miles closer By H. Josef Hebert Associated Press Writer
Florida senators sought on Feb. 16 to scale back oil and gas drilling plans for a part of the Gulf of Mexico, hoping to push development farther from the state’s coast.
But the Republican chairman and top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee indicated they would press ahead....
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