Sullivan Responds to Senate Democrats’ ANWR Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) today responded to legislation introduced by 34 Senate Democrats to designate the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as Wilderness:
“Let me be clear: This bill will never pass this Congress, and those who are offering it know that,” said Senator Dan Sullivan. “So why are they doing it? The only explanation is that it must be fundraising season again. But it’s disappointing no matter what the reasoning. In offering this bill, what they’re telling the American people is that they’re not interested in strengthening our country’s national security through domestic energy security. They’re not interested in helping pay down the national debt through the hundreds of billions of dollars that oil production from ANWR is estimated to generate in federal revenue. And they aren’t interested in the tens of thousands of jobs oil production from ANWR would create.”
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