WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- The United States can move closer to energy independence by opening offshore reserves near the Mexican border, lawmakers said.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., and House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., and House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Chairman Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., introduced legislation that would open waters near the U.S.-Mexico maritime border to energy explorers.