I don't think we should be fantasizing about the United States being a net exporter of oil.

We're not safe from this. We declared that it was unacceptable for North Korea to have a nuclear weapon, and then went to sleep pretty much.

They have violated the four previous agreements that they signed to never pursue a nuclear weapons program.

Mr. Chairman, it was good to be with you, the chairman of the full committee, and others on our trip to Asia last month where we had a chance to meet with President Park, to view the DMZ, and even a few soldiers of the North Korea military.

The United States is not in our lifetime going to be a net exporter of oil, or even a net exporter of energy.

I would point out that the U.S. Constitution has a provision designed to prevent that.

I rise in cautious opposition to this amendment simply because we're going to spend all day tomorrow talking about energy.

What if we were to use the permitting process on L&G as basically a strategic asset for foreign policy?

I would like this bill to go forward, and I look forward to tomorrow's hearings, and what you're proposing.

the word 'suspend' means you suspend for a while.

I think that we have to institute governments to provide for governing those people who live in particular areas now.

Had the individual provisions been subject to a separate vote, an amendment process, I might have taken the same position.