[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15413]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             EXPLORING THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to make the American people 
aware of truth about exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 
There is a great misconception perpetuated by the opponents of the 
President's energy plan, that exploring in ANWR will have an extensive 
detrimental effect on the wildlife in Alaska. Nothing could be further 
from the truth.
  The proposed area is here in this map. Can anybody find the red dot? 
This is Alaska. This is the State of Texas. This is the State of South 
Carolina. That little red dot in there is ANWR.
  The land in question is 3.13 square miles. Now, that is a tiny area. 
It is so small that we can hardly even see it here in the House on this 
graph. What is more, this 3 square miles is not the ecological 
wonderland that the opposition has made it out to be. It is a frozen 
desert with few signs of life.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time that the American people cast aside the 
fabrication of environmental radicalism and explore ANWR's energy 
resources.

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