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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Coz Carson, Communications Dir.
(404) 633-0927 (404) 783-6059 cozcarson@gmail.com 

Rep. Cynthia McKinney submitted the following statement for the record on the floor of the House today:

War is not an acceptable energy policy.

This bill is an attempt to dupe the American public into thinking that drilling in ANWR will lower gas prices.  It is a disservice to the American people.

This bill is really about serving ANWR  to the oil industry
lobby--something they've coveted for a very long time.

Just by making cars modestly more efficient, Americans could save $25 billion a year and 1 million barrels of oil per day.

Republicans should really deal with our energy problems and not this handout to the oil lobby.