Drilling offshore, particularly in arctic regions offshore Alaska, won’t do much to wean the United States off foreign oil, a U.S. House committee heard. A House subcommittee on energy resources held an oversight hearing on reserves thought to be in arctic waters and how they could potentially impact U.S. leverage overseas. Sen. John Cornyn , R-Texas, said in early June that moving more domestic oil to the global market could “strengthen the strategic hand of the United States.” Michael LeVine, a senior counsel on the Pacific region for advocacy group Oceana, told the House committee that arctic waters alone weren’t enough to protect the U.S. economy from overseas shocks. “Offshore drilling in the United States, particularly in the Arctic […]