In Alaska, we're finally hoping to gain access later this year to the National Petroleum Reserve - an area set aside by President Harding for exploration. And even with technology like I showed you earlier, producers can't find enough energy to run this country just by drilling wells in the Gulf of Mexico. We must have access to more land. For far too long, we've been importing our oil and exporting our oil industry. Industry has proven its commitment to the environment.
New technology minimizes our footprint, using less surface lands than ever before.
Our record is good and we've proven that we can co-exist. The government recently made us re-do an archeological survey offshore Texas near Matagorda Island. But we had to do it again. America is now importing more than half its oil from foreign sources. We need to improve America's reliance on domestic energy.