"Today the Administration not only continued its crippling moratorium on offshore exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, it also announced new regulations that will effectively keep it in place even when it expires.”

The warning adds, "We remain concerned that the government has ‘no idea' when drilling will resume in the Gulf, as Director Bromwich said earlier this week. The fact that the Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement has not considered how the new regulations will affect the industry is a chilling example of this Administration's misguided approach that will have unintended consequences such as increased imports and fewer American jobs.”