[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16368]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        DRILL ON THE ANWR SPECK

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, as our ``Drill Nothing'' Congress continues 
to ignore viable energy options such as drilling in ANWR, I thought a 
chart would best illustrate where these drilling locations are.
  Madam Speaker, this is Alaska, this is ANWR, and this little bitty 
red speck is where the proposed drilling in ANWR is to be. It takes 
glasses to see it because it's only 3 square miles. To put it in 
perspective, the Houston Intercontinental Airport is five times the 
size of this speck. Disney World is 15 times the size of this speck, 
and the King Ranch in Texas is 500 times this proposed drilling 
location.
  Madam Speaker, it's time for Congress to stop using the distortions 
of the elites in the environmental fear lobby as an excuse not to take 
care of ourselves. America needs to take care of Americans and not be 
held hostage by OPEC and handcuffed by the Drill Nothing Congress.
  And that's just the way it is.

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