We fail to boost our offshore production at our own expense.

We still have billions of barrels in Alaska that sit untapped. There are abundant reserves offshore in the lower 48.

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.

The real issue is offshore production.

We can sit between active drilling operations in neighboring countries, complaining that it's too risky to develop our own resources while the world around us does exactly that.

Our hunting areas are the grocery store.