BELMAR — According to a press release, with President Bush and Senator McCain now in favor of opening our coasts to offshore drilling and Republicans in Congress currently working to overturn a 26 year offshore drilling moratorium, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Gov. Jon Corzine (D-NJ) July 1 stressed the need for Congress to pass their legislation that would permanently extend the moratorium on oil and gas drilling off the Jersey Shore.