Some of that money, a good deal of that money, also comes from drilling off the coast of California. The point of it is that this Congress created that fund so those revenues would be reinvested back into lands. It now has a $900 million surplus. We are only asking for a very small amount of that money.
Discussing the use of funds from offshore drilling revenues during a congressional debate.
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