Joe Barton: “they asked a great American bank robber why he robbed banks. He said, that is where the money is. Well, why do we want…”

“they asked a great American bank robber why he robbed banks. He said, that is where the money is. Well, why do we want to drill in ANWR? Because that is where the oil is. We have drilled three million wells in the lower 48. Two million of those have been in Texas. I would die and go to heaven if they would tell me I had a 10 billion oil field in my backyard. I would go clip coupons and live on the beach. But, unfortunately we do not have much oil and gas left in Texas. The mid-case example in ANWR is 1 million barrels a day for 30 years; 1 million barrels a day for 30 years. That is 25 million gallons of gasoline a day, 176 million gallons a week, 706 million gallons a month, or 9 billion gallons a year, for 30 years. That saves 5 to 15 cents a gallon every day for 30 years for every American consumer of gasoline. It is the right vote. Vote no on Markey-Johnson. Vote yes for American energy security.”