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Oil Exploration in ANWR - White House Press Briefing by Dana Perino 5/21/08
— Wednesday, May 21, 2008 —
 MS. PERINO: Les.Q Thank you, Dana. MS. PERINO: Just one question, since you already had one. Q Scott Stanzel, during Monday's briefing, spoke of the need to expand oil exploration in ANWR, the Outer Continental Shelf, which columnist Cal Thomas notes has an estimated 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. But President Clinton vetoed exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. And my question: Does the President believe that this veto compares to those claims of environmentalists that the Alaska pipeline would destroy the caribou? MS. PERINO: I don't know -- I'd have to consult Scott Stanzel on that. Q Beg your pardon? MS. PERINO: I was kidding. There's no room for humor. (Laughter.) Q There is room for humor. I'd be delighted to have humor. MS. PERINO: Not in this room. (Laughter.) Look, our position on why we need to increase domestic exploration and production here in our own country is well known. It is critical if we are going to send a signal to the world market that we are serious about becoming more self-sufficient in our own country. And concerns about the caribou I believe have been taken into consideration, and that we have demonstrated that we have the technologies to be able to drill in a way that would protect the environment -- not only the natural resources there, but also the caribou. Q Listen, I didn't know that asking that nice gentleman -- I just have one other, just this one time. Just this one time. MS. PERINO: All right, last one, please. Last one. Q I appreciate it. Reuters reports the House of Representatives voted 324-84 to have the Justice Department sue OPEC -- MS. PERINO: That's seems like a really large Congress. (Laughter.) Q -- for limiting oil supplies and colluding on prices. And my question: Does the President believe the Senate will not follow the House in a similar veto-proof vote? And if not, why not? MS. PERINO: I don't know. Q He wrote the right numbers, he just said it wrong. MS. PERINO: Did he? Okay. (Laughter.) Q Thanks. ANWR | Dana Perino | Les | Oil | Press Briefing | White House Press Corps Labels: ANWR, Dana Perino, Les, Oil, Press Briefing, White House Press Corps
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