1.1 	A resolution
1.2 	memorializing the President and Congress to enact legislation encouraging domestic 
1.3 	oil drilling and encouraging more importation of North American crude oil.
1.4 	WHEREAS, the United States had 22,300,000,000 barrels of economically producible 
1.5 	oil reserves as of December 31, 2009, according to the United States Energy Information 
1.6 	Administration; and 
1.7 	WHEREAS, the Canadian Oil Sand reserves are second only to those of Saudi Arabia; and 
1.8 	WHEREAS, dependence on foreign oil imports from unfriendly countries exposes the 
1.9 	United States economy to fluctuations caused by instability in other regions of the world, while 
1.10 	contributing to the foreign trade deficit; and 
1.11 	WHEREAS, increasing North American oil production and imports would reduce 
1.12 	American dependence on Middle East sources of oil and reduce the foreign trade deficit; and 
1.13 	WHEREAS, increasing domestic oil production would boost the national economy by 
1.14 	creating jobs and increasing revenues from leases, production, profits, and consumption; NOW, 
1.15 	THEREFORE, 
1.16 	BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the President, 
1.17 	his administration, and the Congress of the United States to speedily enact legislation that 
1.18 	promotes and removes restrictions to domestic oil drilling and access to Canadian Oil Sand 
1.19 	reserves. 
1.20 	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is 
1.21 	directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the President of the United 
2.1 	States, the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk 
2.2 	of the United States House of Representatives, the United States Secretary of State, the chair of 
2.3 	the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the chair of the House Committee on 
2.4 	Energy and Commerce, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress.