Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"It is time to move on."

"It is simply long past time for the American people to get their fair share for the sale of minerals that actually belong to them."

"It is long overdue."

"I want to kind of explore this idea about how long it takes to get a mining permit, not so much to put people on the spot, but to get a better understanding of what is really going on, and what some o..."