In my District, we are going into old fields and trying to extend the life of those fields, and on occasion, believe it or not, they do scrape up $10- or $15-, $50,000, get a lease, go out and actually try to drill a new well. It does happen, not as often as it should, in my opinion, but it does happen.
Discussing efforts to extend the life of oil fields in his district.
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It doesn't change the basic mission statement. It doesn't change the authorized level of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you, sir, for appearing voluntarily without subpoena and standing or sitting there all by yourself.
May I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
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