House Proceeding on Jul 17th, 2008 :: 3:41:46 to 3:44:09
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Speech By: Peter A. DeFazio

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Peter A. DeFazio: exploit america's resources. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico. mr. pearce: thank you, plmp. i recognize -- i yield to mr. barton two minutes to speak. the speaker pro tempore: the

3:41:46 to 3:42:00( Edit History Discussion )

Joe Barton: gentleman from texas is recognized for two minutes. mr. barton: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.

3:41:46 to 3:44:09( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Joe Barton

3:42:00 to 3:42:15( Edit History Discussion )

Joe Barton: mr. barton: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to h.r. 6515, the bill was introduced yesterday, it's on the floor today. that's pretty fast work. no hearings no committee process, it's

3:42:15 to 3:42:26( Edit History Discussion )

Joe Barton: primarily a restatement of existing federal law with a couple of exceptions. it does have a prohibition of any oil that's found in alaska going anywhere but the lower 48. chairman rahall

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Joe Barton: and i had a little debate about that on the house floor earlier this week and i don't have any opposition to that. it's somewhat meaningless because oil is fungible and can go wherever it needs

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Joe Barton: to go but if that's the price we have to pay to get oil -- more oil drilled and produced in alaska, i'm for that section of the bill. having said that, this bill is counterproductive if we

3:42:50 to 3:43:04( Edit History Discussion )

Joe Barton: really want to find new oil and gas because it doesn't open up new areas. if you only allow drilling where we've already been allowed to drill, for example in the great state of texas

3:43:04 to 3:43:16( Edit History Discussion )

Joe Barton: that i represent, we have delilled're two million oil wells since 1901. the probability of finding a major new oil field in texas today is much closer to zero than to 100% because we've lr

3:43:16 to 3:43:34( Edit History Discussion )

Joe Barton: drilled so many wells. 85% of the outer continental shelf of the united states of america is offlimits. this bill does nothing about that. it says, let's expedite leasing in the alaska naval

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Joe Barton: petroleum reserve. fine, but we can already drill for oil in the alaska naval petroleum reserve. what about anwr? anpr is to the west of prudhoe bay. anwr is to the east. we think there's

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Joe Barton: 10 billion barrels of oil in a 2,000 acre section of anwr, 10 billion barrels. drl 10 wells, get a billion bare barrels a well. if we drill in an expedited basis in anpr, there's oil to be found,

3:44:09 to 3:44:20( Edit History Discussion )

John Hall: but we can already drill there and we went goat a billion barrels per well. i urge a no vonet this legislation. mr. rahall: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. hall, who

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Speech By: John Hall