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Tim Walberg: If my colleague could yield just a moment here on one point that ties into that. We heard yesterday from one of our…

On the recordJune 10, 2008
If my colleague could yield just a moment here on one point that ties into that. We heard yesterday from one of our Senate colleagues from a northern State, a northeastern State, say that what we ought to do is buy one million barrels a day from Saudi Arabia. That would reduce the cost at the pump by about 50 cents. Well 50 cents right now would be great. But why not take that from ANWR? We can get one million barrels per day from ANWR right now, we are told, at least that, if we are to take it from there, and not have to buy it from any other foreign country, have it shipped to us from any other foreign country, and use it exactly like you said down here to make this great country run on its own fuel as opposed to buying from someplace else.
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan

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Discussing energy independence and oil sourcing during a floor speech.

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