[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6130]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            ENERGY SOLUTIONS

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, in 1995 President Clinton, led by his 
environmental hard-core left-wing friends, vetoed drilling for oil in 
the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve. Now, had he signed that bill in 
1995, which had passed the Senate and the House, we would have a 20 
percent higher supply in domestic oil, 1 million barrels of gas each 
day more than what we have in our current supply. How big is the 
wildlife reserve? It is the size of South Carolina. How big is the 
exploration area? About 2,000 acres.
  How many of the environmentalists and how many of the Democrats drove 
to town today in an SUV that makes 15 miles a gallon? We could use that 
supply. It is not the total answer, but it is part of the answer. And 
the Democrats always conveniently overlook that 10 years ago their 
President vetoed a bill that would have increased domestic gas supply 
today 20 percent.
  There are other solutions that we are continuing to work on, and I 
hope that we can get them to join us on them.

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