Despite the claims of critics, the Obama Administration has been fostering both traditional oil and gas development, while moving us forward to a clean energy future.

It is not the Obama Administration holding back more domestic production. It is the oil companies that are currently warehousing roughly 26 million acres offshore that hold billions of barrels of oil.

These are phantom revenues from phantom drilling that are being proposed by the Republicans in order to pay for a transportation bill.

The Majority's drilling bills may be good for the members of the American Petroleum Institute, but they are not good for the American people.

We should keep that here for our own industries, our own farmers, our own consumers.

I have been interested in how to fix it for a long time. In fact, when I was the chairman of the subcommittee, we held a hearing in 2009. Quite frankly, both before and after that hearing, I was of the opinion that the 510(k) process was…

I think it is unfortunate that after 5 years, I think we should be closer on implementation on what I consider a very critical component.

I am happy that things are moving forward.

The Majority should not be imposing a de facto natural gas tax on American agriculture, manufacturing in chemical, steel, and plastics by allowing our natural gas to be exported.

It seems to me if we end up with 500 nuclear weapons and country A has a couple hundred, that all the incentive in the world is for them to catch us.

The Republican Majority is threatening to raise taxes on the wind industry, which would jeopardize these projects and could kill 37,000 permanent and existing clean energy jobs.

The Majority said their drilling bills were necessary to pay for transportation funding. Yet, the three bills reported out of this committee would generate less than 10 percent of the revenue shortfall for our transportation projects over…

The Majority rejected my amendments in this Committee to ensure that natural gas produced from public lands cannot be exported.

If the Republicans vote to allow the exportation of America's natural gas in their transportation bill, all they will be constructing is an expressway to higher prices for American families and businesses.

It's not the Obama administration holding back more domestic production, it's the oil companies that are currently warehousing roughly 26 million acres offshore that hold billions of barrels of oil.

For years, the Majority has said we need to 'drill here, drill now, pay less.' But it appears the real Republican energy plan is to 'drill here, sell there, and pay more.'

The Majority's bill would seek to fund our transportation projects by drilling off of our beaches on the East and West Coast.

Phantom revenues from phantom drilling will not pay for a single off-ramp, will not pay for a single pothole being filled in our country.