I just want to thank you for holding the hearing and recognize that it is going to be the first in a series, because there is probably nothing more important that we will do in this Committee this year than deal with this problem.

One of the things we can do is remove barriers to effective parenting.

We just need to move forward. In my view, aggressively in building the super electronic highway.

There is no dispute here with respect to wind energy and how we move forward with wind energy in the Outer Continental Shelf.

President Obama... believes that we need to move forward with a comprehensive energy plan.

I believe the Department of Interior should have a robust role in the citing.

We haven't made any specific decisions with respect to any of the offshore areas in Alaska.

It's really an effort on our part, Senator Bennett, to make sure that we're being proactive in our planning.

the technology with the oil and gas industry has significantly changed over time.

As President Obama said during the campaign and as he has said since then, he, you know, wants us to have a comprehensive energy plan.

I appreciate your strong sentiment with respect to those 77 lease parcels.

the lack of coordination is wasteful.

We are looking at everything out in the Outer Continental Shelf.

Breaking the chains of our over dependence on foreign oil is a central tenant of what we are attempting to do.

I believe that we will be in a position where we'll be able to do that in the several months ahead.

I believe that we should move forward as quickly and as expeditiously as we can.

We will take a look at those overlays. See where those energy zones make the most sense.

It seems to me that if we were a private landowner that we'd want to know what the best information is so that we can make cogent, logical decisions about how to move forward.