mexico. that doesn t mean different includes a moratorium they added all across the east coast as well as they continue to not allow any sort of environmentally sensitive drilling up in alaska where we would have control over our own destiny and add more supply into the market. megyn: do you think it s a coincidence it was just this week the administration granted that permit? i think it coincidence is obvious. can you imagine if the bush administration had granted the first and only permit to a bp subsidiary which is what happened in this case? i m not against the drilling. the people down there in louisiana need the jobs. the energy industry provides 9.2 million jobs in our country. president obama hasn t paid attention to the fact on the job points. a week ago he announced his jobs panel, this included the ceo of
large swath from the atlantic coast from new jersey all the way down to florida. more exploration out here in the gulf coast as well, and, again, we ll get to alaska in just a second. but you see this right here. here is an area that is now off-limits, the white spots. all along the pacific coast out here and some spots up here in the northeast, and some areas down here around florida and near the gulf coast. the administration says the resource potential here is so low they will not allow drilling there right now. and here s one other thing we want to show you, newly protected areas. to do that, we ll swing you up here to alaska. and you see the pink here? that is bristol bay. the administration says, no, to drilling in here, and many up in alaska and else where don t like that. you see the green area, that s where there s currently allowed drilling up in alaska, and up here is proposed for new drilling for the administration plan today. the yellow area a proposal to allow new drillin
legislation. is there any way, any technicality where he could make that argument? the short answer is no. the 96 bills that he signed into law in his first year in office falls far short of his predecessors going back to at least dwight eisenhower. it s an odd metric to fixate on. he has done things that are major accomplishments for conservatives. you can talk about the tax bill which also repealed the obamacare individual mandate and allowed drilling up in alaska. he s got 12 circuit court judges, a supreme court justice that have all been confirmed. these are things that republicans would like to focus on, not necessarily the numbers, particularly when they fall short. but by any metric you look at, jim, if you want to talk about bills, and keep in mind these aren t all major legislation initiatives for any appellapres 96 bills that he signed into law so far don t measure up to his predecessors up to this point. why bother when it s so easily refutable. the president did have t