We must increase access to Alaska's resources

All Americans would benefit from access to untapped energy resources in Alaska. It would provide more oil and natural gas to fuel our economy, maintain our quality of life and enhance national and economic security. Alaska today offers the U.S. an opportunity to increase our domestic oil and natural gas supply.

Exploiting that opportunity in the 1970s proved an extraordinarily valuable contribution to enhancing U.S. energy security, when two oil crises disrupted world supplies and caused economic havoc.