“As I have said before, any step towards offshore drilling is a step in the wrong direction," Cunningham said. "However, South Carolina deserves a more permanent solution to the threat of dangerous and unwanted offshore drilling and seismic airgun blasting. My bipartisan bill, the Coastal Economies Protection Act, would place a ten-year moratorium on off-shore drilling and seismic airgun blasting off the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.”