say this but listen to richard blumenthal. and don't stop there, how about you cut the ethanol blending mandate. that actually causes more pollution they just discovered. and while we're at it, let's open alaska for business. alaska has billions of barrels of oil ready to be pulled out of the ground. time to restore the suspended leases on the artic national wildlife refuge. there is 600,000 square miles of alaska with most of it fertile drilling land. look at that this is how we restore american energy independence. we become self-sufficient on oil and gas and then we can sell it to our allies who need it in europe. why do we keep pouring money into the pockets of our enemies? let's protect ourselves, by fueling ourselves. governor of alaska mike dunleavy joins us now. all right, governor. government a lot of untapped