“You want to talk about drilling offshore? Let’s talk about profits made by the oil companies without paying royalties,” Pelosi said Monday morning before members of the California delegation to the Democratic National Convention. “They’re taking your oil without paying any royalties.”

Earlier this month, Pelosi announced that she could support including offshore drilling in a larger package of changes to the nation’s energy policies. She had resisted drilling as a “hoax” that wouldn’t lower prices. But she relented after she was pushed by Republican lawmakers and her party’s own vulnerable members, who’ve seen public support for drilling soar this summer along with gasoline prices.