05/04/2009
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"The only way that American resources will generate revenue and create jobs is if American workers and businesses are allowed to access those resources."
"I am extremely interested in hearing from our witnesses about how we can ensure these revenues, have been part of our past, how we can ensure they'll be part of our future."
"We can't get access to a road, to a trail for an ATV so our customs and border patrol agents can patrol that."
"Some have suggested that what Senator Landrieu and I are proposing with additional revenue sharing to the States, particularly offshore, is that this is a brand new concept."