He said: “Mr. President, you may have aimed high, but your policies are misdirected and now you are crippling the Gulf Coast middle class as well as finding a fuel to energize America. Let us take this time to remind national politicians of the significant contributions we make to the federal government from 2005 to 2007, this industry paid $242 billion in federal taxes and another $23 billion in mineral royalties to the federal government in 2008 alone.” This excerpt appeals to pathos, logos, and ethos. His belief in calling out the president for failed policies, which in turn were crippling the middle class, appealed to ethics. He used “numbing” to add emotional emphasis, thus appealing to pathos. He appealed to Logos using specific statistics to support his argument that Louisiana provided an exceptional amount of tax dollars to the federal government. It is important to note, however, that he did not provide statistics on the impact of the moratorium on the country's economy.