Ed Markey

Unfortunately, drilling in the Arctic refuge would do very little to reduce our deficit in the next 10 years.

The Republican Majority is once again looking to drill in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

The Super Committee has been charged with reducing our deficit by at least $1.5 trillion over the last 10 years.

The Republican Majority is once again looking to drill in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.

The Republican plan to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling would not offer us any refuge from red ink.

We need a plan to begin reducing our deficit in the short term, not shortsighted giveaways of our most pristine areas.

Leave it. Leave it alone. Let it be what it has always been. Natural. Undisturbed.

This is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue--it is an issue of legacy and common sense.

It also makes no sense to open up a pristine area like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge when the oil companies are choosing not to drill on millions of acres they're already leasing.

Ending Big Oil's unfair tax breaks would cut the deficit by more than $36 billion over the next decade.

We have opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for all the time we have been around.

We do need to create new jobs. There are many opportunities in a new energy economy to move forward with the wind, solar.

If you are serious about the deficit reduction, let us tax the oil companies much more than they are today.

We need more jobs in this country. We need more money to reduce the deficit. But there is a better way.

Protecting the environment is as important to Alaskans and perhaps more important to Alaskans than to all Americans.

ANWR? It is a 19 million acre national wildlife refuge.

Responsible development of ANWR would create hundreds of thousands of jobs across our nation.

You risk stalling the engine of our economy by starving it of power.

Unfortunately, there are those who will automatically say no--no to job creation and deficit reduction no matter the advancements in technology.

Allowing energy production in ANWR is an investment in the U.S. economy worth several hundred billions of dollars.

Producing this much oil would generate substantial revenue for the federal government through leasing and royalties.

As I stated two weeks ago, I believe that the Joint Select Committee working to find $1.5 trillion in budget savings should embrace opening ANWR.

Responsibly harnessing America's onshore and offshore energy resources will create millions of new jobs and generate billions in new revenue.

The U.S. imports over 65 percent of our nation's annual petroleum needs.

The agency regulating offshore was known, had become dysfunctional.