02/24/2002
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I asked Democratic congressional leaders to take the side of working families and small businesses and farmers and ranchers and move forward with four steps to expand American oil and gasoline product..."
"If congressional leaders leave for the Fourth of July recess without taking action, they will need to explain why four-dollar-a-gallon gasoline is not enough incentive for them to act."
"Experts believe that the OCS could produce enough oil to match America's current production for almost 10 years."
"So my administration has repeatedly called on Congress to open access to new oil exploration here in the United States."