Rep. DeFazio on The Drill Responsibly Act

Today, the House is considering the Drill Responsibly in Leased Lands (DRILL) Act, H.R. 6515, a bill to promote the responsible domestic production of oil and natural gas, particularly in 20 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

There are 68 million acres of federal land already leased by oil companies for energy production now but sitting idle. That's 75% of leased lands, sitting idle. Oil companies should drill what they have leased—and lease lands already open for drilling first. But instead, President Bush and Congressional Republicans want to make this a fight about our beaches and our threatened wilderness areas, in an apparent attempt to help the oil companies lock up more public lands before he leaves office.

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[KumNGo2Night]

Pretty interesting!!