Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"We certainly should not be stripping away those rights just to make it a little easier for oil and gas companies."

"This bill appears to simply blindfold the Forest Service to what is happening on their lands, and I think that is the wrong direction to go."

"You have said before that this sort of thing, this kind of pause, has been done multiple times in the past, and I believe by Republican administrations."

"I am glad you are taking another look at how we lease coal and that we do not give it away too cheaply."