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Dear Chris:

Thank you for contacting me regarding the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).  I appreciate knowing how you feel about this important issue.

Our nation consumes over 20 million barrels of oil a day.  With sixty percent of that oil coming from overseas, about $750 million each day is contributed to the nation’s trade deficit.  Our dependency on foreign sources of energy has a serious impact on national security, as rogue nations attempt to manipulate our foreign policy by curtailing our energy supply.  I am concerned about the American people and the future of this country.  I stand on the side of conserving where we can, and at the same time using our best technology to tap our own domestic energy supplies.

Since coming to Congress, I have supported the creation or expansion of 19 wilderness areas which together total more than 900,000 acres in New Mexico.  I have been to ANWR to see the drilling and production operations on other parts of the Arctic Slope, and to meet with locals on both sides of the issue.  After studying the impact of existing production on the environment and wildlife, I believe that by using modern technologies we can produce oil and gas there with a minimal impact to the environment.  The legislation will affect only 2,000 acres out of a 19 million acre area.

For the foreseeable future our nation, specifically our military, needs expanded domestic supplies of oil.  It is time for us to seriously evaluate the most advanced environmentally friendly techniques to explore the vast resource potential in ANWR.  If the U.S. Geological Survey estimates are correct, ANWR reserves contain about 10 billion barrels of oil and will produce approximately 1 million barrels a day.  That is $60 million each day and over $2 billion each year that will not go toward our trade deficit.  Some argue that this amount is insignificant.  However, for comparison, that is about as much oil as is under Texas.

The United States should have a balanced energy policy that fosters greater domestic production of a wide variety of energy resources.  Greater use of renewable and conventional energies, and accelerated research into new energy technologies will help keep our economy growing and lessen our precarious dependence on foreign energy sources.  Any domestic production of oil and gas would be conducted under the most stringent environmental regulations, much more stringent than those standards of many foreign countries.  I believe it is in the nation’s best interest to harvest domestic fuel resources while using the most advanced technology available.

Thank you again for your letter.  I hope you will continue to keep me apprised of the issues most important to you.

Sincerely,

Pete V. Domenici
United States Senator

Here’s a thought— how about researching alternative energy sources? call me a communist but i think that protecting the environment is much, MUCH more important than making oil cheap. it’s not like oil companies wouldn’t mark it up after the fact anyway. this is why i wish it were easier to get elected to office— domenici has been in senate for liek 30 years, unopposed. it’s disgusting that this fool is representing us in the senate. of course, people only see along party lines, regardless of irrepairable damage to our environment committed to line the pockets of special interests.

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