On the recordJuly 10, 2014
I thank the Senator from Arizona for his comments, his leadership, and for his willingness to work on this vitally important issue. In terms of responding to his question: OK. What needs to happen--I wish to take a minute to give an overview of the legislation and then ask the Senator from Wyoming to comment in more detail. As I said at the outset, and I actually have said several times, this is about more energy, it is about job creation, it is about growing the economy, and it is about national security. It is also very much about environmental benefits. I showed you gas being flared off a well. This gas is just being flared. Not only is that wasting a natural resource which we can capture and get value for, but when we capture that, we also create environmental benefits. Nationally, we flare or vent, burn off, 212 billion cubic feet of gas a year--212 billion cubic feet of gas a year now being burned off. Mr. McCAIN. Which is roughly how much money?
