Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE)

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to impose deadlines on the Obama administration to issue offshore drilling permits, as Republicans renew calls for greater amounts of domestic oil production amid rising gasoline prices. Dow Jones

Don’t you have to decide how you are going to regulate before setting deadlines? Now that the House has spoken and the bill is likely to die in the Senate, can we engage in a substantive discussion about how to regulate most effectively and efficiently? Congressional hearings?