Bishop to Obama: Quit Blocking Energy Development in the West

In an op-ed, Rep. Rob Bishop says: "[M]any Americans today are looking for a light at the end of the tunnel, a sign that today's struggling economy and rising unemployment will actually improve sooner rather than later. As these families search for relief, the Obama Administration continues to ... play politics with our energy future ... Evidence of this fact is the recent cancellation of 77 oil and gas leases in Utah, delayed access to the Outer Continental Shelf, blocked mineral leases, new restrictive oil shale mandates and the consideration of costly taxes on U.S. energy producers and consumers."