bickering that goes on but our ability to focus on what matters to them which is the economy. . . the subcommittee on water and wildlife. i want to thank senator boxer and senator inhofe. let my say that united states has much natural gas as saudi arabia has oil. the shale which runs from central new york state to west virginia maybe the second largest natural gas field in the world. we have enormous reserves that can help america meet it s energy needs or do so in a way that produces far less produce than coal, helps the united states when it s energy independence, and improves our national security. high volume, horizontal hydraulic fracting is being used in thousands of new wells. in pennsylvania, more than 2700 wells were drilled from 2006 to march 10 of this year. a study estimated it had create or support 100,000 jobs, plus billions of dollars in economic value for the state. the natural gas indust
some of our key to the european allies and partners we ve now got what operations unified one protector were in play led by nato. we ve said this all along who and i believe it is capable enough of the task of completing it. a stalemate in libya or to go control of the operation? which would be the least of that s a false choice. we believe that at nato has been successful in carrying out the mission and that as we ve said often u.s. security council resolution 1973 never went beyond what it s done which is set up a no-fly zone that protect civilians, allows humanitarian assistance to reach the people of eastern libya and then longer-term we still want to put pressure on what ghaffafi and his regime and the need to relinquish power so it can take place. so i just would call your question i don t believe it is a correct what a contradiction between what the united states is saying in your saying right now, and with the allies are saying. i mean allies now seem to b