claim: "right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the gulf of mexico on leases that will cost american taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties."
author: edward markey
evidence_1: jul 3, 2010 ... as oil industry fights a tax, it reaps subsidies ... at the same time, bp was reaping sizable tax benefits from leasing the ... tracking the oil spill in the gulf may 1, 2010 ... of their earnings in taxes than most other american corporations. ... drilling in gulf waters, they will go elsewhere and take their jobs with ...
evidence_2: "trump looking to open up e coast & new areas for offshore oil drilling when congress has passed no new safety standards since bp" ... "right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of ... free in the gulf of mexico on leases that will cost american taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties.
evidence_3: jun 15, 2010 ... oil company executives spoke about the safety and security of ... drilling operations, as well as the causes of the bp oil spill in the gulf of… ... now, the other companies here today will contend that this was an ... third, the free ride is over. ..... so chairman waxman's right, we need more than a cookie-cutter ...
evidence_4: i am here today to express the administration's views about the fair act, s. 1273, ..... oil and gas revenue sharing from federal leases in the gulf of mexico for the four ... ocs revenues to include receipts from all other gulf of mexico leases issued ... today, more than 70 percent of the tens of millions of offshore acres under ...
evidence_5: nov 18, 2011 ... witnesses testify on drilling in the arctic national wildlife refuge as a way to ... all speakers ... i'm writing right now a multiple-volume history of the american ..... simply raising royalty rates and taxes on oil companies could raise an .... albeit some more than others, at least -- at least -- i can never say that ...