WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) late yesterday spoke on the Senate floor to counter recent arguments made by Congressmen who oppose increasing domestic energy production. During the speech he was joined by Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), who is also an advocate of opening the Arctic Coastal plane for oil development. View the speech on YouTube.com
Washington – Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) introduced an amendment to open the 10-02 Area of ANWR to oil and gas exploration. The American Energy Production Act S.2958, was added to the Flood Insurance Bill S.2284 as a solution to combat increases in oil prices and their effects on energy and commercial products. Senator McConnell introduced his amendment two years to the day when Democrats announced they had a “commonsense plan to lower gas prices.”