[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10008]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    MR. PRESIDENT, UNLEASH THE POWER OF AMERICAN ENERGY EXPLORATION

  (Mr. NUNNELEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. NUNNELEE. Yesterday, President Obama executed a shortsighted 
energy plan and released 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, all while the United States' combined recoverable 
oil, natural gas, and coal resources are 1.3 trillion barrels of oil 
equivalent, the largest in the world.
  We have 40,000 times more American natural resources under our ground 
than the amount President Obama took out of the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve. Drawing down reserves intended for national emergencies is far 
from the energy plan we need, especially when we're sitting on abundant 
resources. President Obama must quit blocking American energy 
production.
  Mr. President, if you want to make us energy secure, if you want to 
see a thriving economy creating jobs, if you want to free Americans 
from the burden of high gas prices, unleash the power and ingenuity of 
American energy exploration, and do it now.

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