Hmmmm...perhaps it might just be time for Rep. Frank Rudolph Wolf (R-10) - how long has this guy been in Congress again? - to retire. Check this out:
Oh boy. Here's another Republican spreading the lie that China is working with Cuba to drill in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico...The latest is Rep. Frank Wolf of Virginia, who according to the Politico claimed that Cuba "has given a lease to the Chinese" to drill in the Gulf of Mexico.
In fact, Cuba has not given any such lease to the Chinese, who have kept their drilling activities to the more accessible shoreline areas of Cuba...
Yeah, right, and the Commies are sending microwaves to control our brains through the thick layers of tinfoil, too. Heh.
Of course, this is the same Frank Wolf who apparently thinks we're back in 1938, still fighting the Nazis or something.
Now, here are the facts, courtesy of the Congressional Research Service (no doubt controlled by the Commies as well - ha):
While there has been some concern about China's potential involvement in offshore deepwater oil projects, to date its involvement in Cuba's oil sector has been focused on onshore oil extraction in Pinar del Rio province through its state-run China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation. (Sinopec)"
In addition, the Miami Herald has reported that "The Chinese have done some seismic testing...but no drilling."
Onshore, offshore; testing, drilling; Cuba, Florida. Whatever. Maybe we should just call the whole thing off, Frank?
I don't know what it is about Frank Wolf that makes him so ineffective - but he's really bad at getting his message out. I'm a constituent and every once in a while I get phone calls or mailers (done with government dollars) talking about (no joke) lime disease and showing me Ross Perot-style charts about the budget.
He's lucky he has his franking privilege because between a great second quarter and Red to Blue, I'm pretty certain Judy Feder is gonna blow him away in the money race.