Ninety-eight U.S. House Republicans urged Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to end a six-month delay early and move ahead with a 2010-15 federal offshore oil and gas leasing plan he halted on Feb. 10.

“By offering new leasing opportunities in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, the proposed plan is appropriately expansive, provides maximum flexibility to properly utilize all of our nation's domestic resources, and helps coastal communities pursue leasing and responsible development in the deep waters off their coastlines,” the House GOP members said in a July 31 letter to Salazar.

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