House Proceeding on Jul 17th, 2008 :: 3:44:09 to 3:46:08
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Speech By: Joe Barton

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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,

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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

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John Hall: has been very involved in our debate we had the other night. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. hall: mr. speaker, thank you. mr. chairman,

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John Hall: thank you. i assure you that this member is serious and sincere, and i strongly support the drill bill. gas in my district in the hudson valley is over $4.40 and families are paying and really

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John Hall: being hurt by this. they need serious solutions that deliver real results, and that's why i support the dll responsibly in leased lands act to take action right now to extract more american

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John Hall: oil in the right places. oil company advocates have been preying on the anxiety of americans to push the failed anwrrilling plan that would only lower prices by a nickel in 20 years. 20 years

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John Hall: in the future. our drivers need more help than that and they need it faster. the drill act answers the call telling oil companies to drill for oil that can give more relief than anwr ever could.

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John Hall: the use it or lose it measure requires oil companies to drill on land they have already leased or make way for someone who will. if they did that they could double production and cut imports

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John Hall: by one third. it also makes it easier to lease the 20 million acres of the national petroleum reserve in alaska. already approved for drilling. it calls on the president to build pipelines to

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John Hall: bring that 10.6 billion barrels of oil to market. the bill will pave the way to get at the most oil in the shortest time with the greatest responsibility. i hope all of my colleagues will

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John Hall: support it, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new mexico. mr. pearce: thank you, mr. chairman. one of the issues that is not dealt

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Stevan Pearce: with in the drill now bill, drill -- someone says that may mean democrats changing lives instead of drilling now, but we have a t process that takes a long time. this process is part of what

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Speech By: Stevan Pearce