I have to say we were thrilled to hear him finally admit we have an oil-addiction problem. Depending on what he does, this could be a defining moment of his presidency. Or it could be rhetoric.

If Saudi Arabia decides to disrupt the global economy, we'll still feel it, even if we're not buying from them.

It's so far in the future that it's not something you can hang your hat on right now.

It's a bizarre position to say the least. He seems to want to put oil wells off of every beach town in America, but is fighting tooth and nail to block wind energy technologies that use no fossil fuels at all.

This could be a defining moment for his presidency, or it could be empty rhetoric.

This could truly be a defining moment for his presidency or, depending on what he does, empty promises.

This isn't over yet. We'll keep fighting to make sure that this sneaky strategy is stopped in its tracks. Rather than improving national security as the rest of the bill does, cutting off the most promising offshore wind project in the country would harm it. This won't help America break its addiction to oil and reliance on foreign sources of energy.

Ted Stevens and Don Young are at it again. Overreaching behind closed doors to slip a controversial attack on the environment that they know couldn't get through the normal legislative process into important national security legislation. Congress should reject this scheme.

the Senate caved in to oil and gas companies that are rolling in record profits.

We need something. There are bills that would totally lift the moratorium and the lease sale area has always been problematic. This bill greatly expands protections that Florida and the rest of the country currently has in place and also addresses the problems of the existing 90 or so leases.