Baron Voted Four Times Against ANWR Drilling

Baron Hill pumping gas in 2006. He promised to reduce gas prices if elected.
While trudging around in the bowels of the Internets, reading about prior voting in Congress about drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, I came across some interesting facts about Baron hill.

At least four times when Baron was in Congress, the issue of drilling in ANWR came to the House floor for a vote.

Every single time, Baron voted against drilling there.

In 2001, he voted for an amendment that would strip the ANWR drilling provisions from an energy bill.

That vote failed, so Baron voted against the entire energy bill.

In 2003, Baron voted again for a similar amendment that would strip the ANWR drilling provisions from an energy bill.

Again, that vote failed, and Baron voted against the entire energy bill too.

When Democrats say that drilling in the Arctic wouldn't help because it would take five to ten years to get to the oil, just remember:

Baron was against drilling in ANWR way back then, and approval for drilling then would be helping us at the gas pump right now.

Don't get me wrong; drilling in ANWR isn't the end-all of lower gas prices, but it sure is a good start.

And when it came time to make that good start, Baron voted against it four times.