[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 51 (Wednesday, May 3, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H1988]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


               LET'S REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, gas prices are too high, and so Washington 
has already begun to posture.
  I know how angry people can become when gas prices rise. I spent 5 
years working my way through college pumping gas at Ray's Marathon. And 
it is important that Washington respond. But we ought to respond with 
the real answer, which is to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 
opening up America's own domestic reserves in the intercoastal regions 
and the Alaskan National Wildlife Region.
  If the U.S. Geological Survey is correct, if we opened up ANWR, we 
could increase our domestic reserves by 50 percent. If President Bill 
Clinton had not vetoed legislation opening ANWR to environmentally 
responsible exploration in 1995, we would be pumping millions of 
barrels from ANWR today.
  Let's reduce the price of gasoline for future generations of 
Americans. Let's reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

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