the willow project is just .002% of the npra. willow -- the project itself is not going to cover all of its leased lands. not by a long shot. there are areas that will have no development, no development will take place. there will be areas where development is only allowed with a waiver. that would be required. and areas where additional considerations will apply before any development takes place. so again think about this. you've got -- you've got 11.8 million acres of the npra that's been taken off the table. this project is 429 acres. what we're trying to develop here, the project we're talking about developing is literally 27,000 -- 24,500 times, times smaller than what's already been taken off the table. i press this upon folks because i think it's important to recognize this is an extraordinarily significant project for the state of alaska, for the resources that it will bring to my state, the economic development that is will spur, it is significant to the people of the north slope who call this home and rely on the reve

it's also in what's called the national petroleum reserve of alaska, npra.ea, mr. president, unlike anwar, we recognize that, or some of the offshore developments. this is the national petroleum reserve of alaska. this was set aside by congress, this body, i think almost 70 years ago. used to be called the naval petroleum reserve of alaska. for what? for developing oil and gas, which our country needs. still needs. going to need for decades to come. so the review process has been going on for years. every environmental review this project advances with flying colors -- i'll get to that. the trump administration finished the permitting with a record of decision in 2020. they approved five drilling pads. the biden administration, after some court delays and, to be honest, after dwhrais from the biden administration -- after delays from the biden administration, came back finally, with a supplemental final eis and said we're going to go from five pads down to three. all right. that's not what i would have preferred, but these are the career people, and they thi