"My home state of California could easily have to pay--and I am going to state this clearly--over a trillion dollars for a 10-year reprieve."
"I've advocated in Congress on the issue of the human rights abuses in Vietnam."
"It is unconscionable that the Venerable--the Supreme Patriarch is kept in jail or at least under house arrest now."
"It imposes, among other things, it would invoke sanctions per the Magnitsky Act."
"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for all attending and I thank also the chairman, Chairman Smith, for inviting me to participate."
"Mr. Nguyen is one of my current prisoners of conscience."
"I am not too sympathetic about the 800 pending permits when there are roughly twice that many approved ones that are already out there just waiting to be used."
"Basically, because none of us is as smart as all of us, and when we get people to the table and working through the process, projects get better."
"So, it is fair to say that if BLM doesn't look at extraordinary circumstances, there is more of an analysis in installing a stop sign than in drilling an oil well."
"Simply put, that theme is: let the industry do whatever it wants and keep the public in the dark."
"These bills are effectively providing an incentive for oil and gas companies to do more damage to our public lands."