Until we have an energy policy that uses the energy that we can produce, that has more certainty and more dependability ...
I don't think any private concern is going to be able to do that without kind of a quasi public-private.
In order to do that, we have to be more certain of what we can do in this country and less dependent on the foreign oil ...
Again, the frustration that Senator Landrieu had is that, basically, we are just concerned about our dependency on forei...
The frustration is, is that the bureaucracy is it is not getting acted on.
We are moving forward with holding annual lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
The President announced that we would be holding 3 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico by June 30th of next year.
I think that would be very bad public policy.
We believe that with flexibility... we could reduce lease terms and, therefore, incentivize a more rapid development of ...
We learned nothing. We have no energy policy. We are still more dependent than ever.
The President voiced his support for a lease extension with respect to Gulf of Mexico wells that were directly impacted ...
I don't want to see the coal companies subsidized. I don't want to see the fossil fuel subsidized.
You're saying new coal fired plants without CCS is being built?
Here's my concern. We're competing with all these manufacturing, these Third World developing countries, whether it be C...
But the reality is is the Federal Government is not giving any permits. We're not expanding. You can't build anything. Y...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To all of you, thank you for being here.
So CCS is about the only viable option that we have right now?
But basically you all agree that the Federal Government has taken a position, everything stops, nothing happens unless C...
