Haley Stevens: “This bill already contains the first portion of this amendment: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the existing…”

“This bill already contains the first portion of this amendment: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the existing law applies to this area of Alaska. This is a vindictive amendment. It says if my State decides to pursue a legal right that all production in ANWR would stop. There would be no further production. I don't understand this amendment because we have been a State since 1958. We have not filed that suit. That resolution passed the State legislature almost every year, and it is an act of the State legislature, but the Federal law governs this area and it says a 50-50 split, which applies to all States. I yield to the Senator from New Mexico what time we have left.”