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ANWR PASSES; KINGSTON VOTES TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL
Bill Would Expand Domestic Energy Supply And Reduce Dependence On Foreign Oil

Washington, May 25 -

Today, U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-GA, the vice-chairman of the House Republican Conference, took action to address high oil prices by voting for H.R. 5429, The America-Made Energy and Good Jobs Act.

This legislation authorizes oil and gas production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and offers the opportunity to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by expanding our domestic energy supply while at the same time stimulating our economy and creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs.

“President Bush has said that we are addicted to oil and he is 100 percent right,” Kingston said. “Our dependence on foreign oil threatens our national security and distorts global diplomacy. It is not in America’s interest to remain dependent on leaders like Venezuelan President Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.”

“This legislation is a good step towards achieving that oil independence. It’s too bad Democrats who have spent years voting against drilling in ANWR, have refused to take that step with us,” Kingston concluded.

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THE AMERICAN –MADE ENERGY AND GOOD JOBS ACT:

  • Authorizes oil and gas exploration and production in Alaska’s Artic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

    Includes an export ban requiring all oil and natural gas produced on ANWR’s northern Coastal Plain to say in America.

    Permits drilling on approximately 1.5 million acres while limiting the total surface area covered by drilling and production facilities to 2,000 acres.

    Environmental protections in the bill are the strictest every applied to a federal energy project, using the most sophisticated technology available.

    Stringent environmental protections include requirements that the Department of the Interior establish regulations to ensure that drilling will have no significant adverse effect on fish and wildlife and their habitat.

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