I congratulate you for helping us getting this started as far as the gas pipeline is concerned.

We really have not drilled for gas in the Arctic.

I think there's a great deal of gas in Alaska.

I just think the far term really is too speculative right now to say that we'll only produce, by 2025, that percentage.

Now, I would intend to change that to say it shall be used only for these accounts except for the $5 billion.

This bill--this fund applies only to Iraq and Afghanistan, Senator.

Senator, it would not be used for the elections, but it would be used to assure that our troops in Iraq have the funds...

I want to assure you that we stand ready, as Senators here have stated from both sides of the aisle, to respond at any time when resources subject to our control are necessary to ensure the troops in the field or preparing to go to the…

That's a blank check theory and it's something we're going to run into in the floor and I don't like to run into it.

It would be my intention to ask the committee to provide that whatever funds are available for this IFF would be available upon enactment just to make sure we don't face another request for the balance of this year.

It specifically states in the bill that it's for an emergency essential to support activities and agencies in Iraq or Afghanistan, period.