"The DRILL Act we are now considering would unleash the vast potential of the National Petroleum Reserve by requiring annual federal oil and gas lease sales, and by facilitating the construction of pipelines to connect the NPR-A with the existing Central North Slope - which includes Prudhoe Bay - transportation infrastructure and the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline.

"And it makes, as a matter of Presidential priority, the construction of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline so that stranded natural gas can be transported to the lower 48 States.
"It requires that Project Labor Agreements are entered into for the construction of these pipelines to provide good paying American jobs.
"It requires that the Tr...

"The DRILL Act we are now considering would unleash the vast potential of the National Petroleum Reserve by requiring annual federal oil and gas lease sales, and by facilitating the construction of pipelines to connect the NPR-A with the existing Central North Slope - which includes Prudhoe Bay - transportation infrastructure and the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline.

"And it makes, as a matter of Presidential priority, the construction of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline so that stranded natural gas can be transported to the lower 48 States.
"It requires that Project Labor Agreements are entered into for the construction of these pipelines to provide good paying American jobs.
"It requires that the Trans-Alaskan pipeline, the NPR-A pipeline and the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline be fully maintained and operated in an efficient manner to ensure an uninterrupted flow of oil and natural gas to the Nation.
"And it bans the export of Alaskan oil so that American oil is used for the benefit of Americans.
"This is a commonsense approach to our near-term energy woes.
"We know, we know, we must transition ourselves from oil dependency. We must wean ourselves from this oil addiction.
"Alternative fuels, coal-to-liquids, other non-corn based alternatives, are the only way to secure American Energy Independence from foreign crude.
"But in the near-term, we need to drill where the oil is, and where it is already available. Not wait 20 years from now as the President proposes. Not wait for years of surveys, planning, leasing, challenges. We need to drill now.
"Drill here, drill now, on lands that can bring relief now."

This is how they voted http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6515/show

Aye 243, Nay 173. Majority of republicans voted NAY! WTF! So much for all their rhetoric about drilling here and getting off of our dependency of foreign oil! This is what was cited as the reason to vote NAY:
"The approach to expanding America’s energy supply needs to include opening up new land for exploration. H.R. 6515 doesn’t allow us to utilize areas like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), an area the U.S. Geological Survey estimates contains between 5.7 and 16.0 billion barrels of oil that are recoverable. Instead, the bill allows for exploration on land oil companies already own and it fails to address concerns of speculation, which can be an attributing factor f...

Aye 243, Nay 173. Majority of republicans voted NAY! WTF! So much for all their rhetoric about drilling here and getting off of our dependency of foreign oil! This is what was cited as the reason to vote NAY:
"The approach to expanding America’s energy supply needs to include opening up new land for exploration. H.R. 6515 doesn’t allow us to utilize areas like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), an area the U.S. Geological Survey estimates contains between 5.7 and 16.0 billion barrels of oil that are recoverable. Instead, the bill allows for exploration on land oil companies already own and it fails to address concerns of speculation, which can be an attributing factor for us having to pay more at the pump."

WHAT???? Do something now! So pass this for the time being, at least it's a start and worry about ANWR in future bills, why try to stall progress? This tells me their motives are not in the interest of the people!

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