"I think as we move forward with our proposed budget request, we are asking for a $4 per acre fee that would be an incentive for oil companies to move forward aggressively."
"I asked him at the time, I said, 'You know, if this is what you want to do, let me introduce a bill and we will do it legislatively, the way it should be done.'"
"I don't support repeal of the Antiquities Act, because there are appropriate times it ought to be used."
"We look at the President's request as a suggestion--ultimately, we have to write the appropriation bill."
"I would suggest that in a lot of these areas that you suggest may qualify for national monument designation it would be good, if you know this in advance, to start working with Members of Congress and..."
"The only way any of these things are sustainable is if the public supports them in the long run."
"What worries me here is I think you are going to have a lot of companies--because they do operate on those economic incentives--say, 'Look, I am not going to automatically agree to produce in a certai..."
"I already know of one major energy company (actually the second largest producer of natural gas in the United States) that will not lease on Federal lands because they think the conditions are so oner..."
"I see it in Montana, where I visited Glacier National Park... the glaciers at Glacier National Park will no longer be there in the year 2020."
"The surface water temperature is now 5 degrees warmer than it used to be."
"I see Pelican Island, the first national wildlife refuge, essentially disappearing because of the fact that the sea is rising."