Bruce Westerman actually said...

"It takes an absolutely unreasonable amount of time to mine here in the United States."

"America needs permitting reform, whether it be for the burgeoning offshore wind industry, building transmission lines to upgrade our energy grid, solar fields on Federal lands, geothermal steam projec..."

"I want to work across the aisle with my colleagues, because I want to do what is best for our country, what is best, really, for the entire planet."

"It is because of the paralysis through the permitting system."