Todd Tiahrt: “It is basically the North Slope of Alaska, which is approximately the size of California. There were also many other…”

“It is basically the North Slope of Alaska, which is approximately the size of California. There were also many other things in the Energy Policy Act. It included conservation, it included wind energy, wind-generated electricity, for example, which we have about eight wind generating farms in Kansas today. It included ethanol production. It included research and development for hydrogen-based energy. It had a lot of good things in it, yet 183 Democrats, including the Democrat leadership, opposed that bill. I have to tell you, Mr. Speaker, that the people of Kansas have been producing oil for over 100 years. In fact, just in August I was at Coffeyville Resources, in Coffeyville, Kansas, where they have had a refinery for 100 years. They were celebrating 100 years of producing gasoline. It was very interesting. Now, contrast that to the Democrat policies of not drilling in ANWR. Here we have Kansas, and we think it is beautiful country. We love the people there. The production of oil is done in an environmentally safe manner. We all live there, our kids are healthy. In fact, we just had a couple in Kansas that celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary. Isn't that wonderful? An 80th wedding anniversary. Well, it is a healthy place to live. But the Democrats didn't want us to drill in ANWR.…”