“The gulf is going to go back to drilling. That’s just the nature of the gulf. I think we have at least a 50-50 chance of protecting the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.”

– U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), who chairs the House Appropriations Committee’s interior and environment subcommittee, in promising that if Democrats retain control of the House in the midterm elections he’ll push for a moratorium on oil drilling in Virginia and Alaska.