Jim Costa actually said...

"Even in these days of economic crisis, I believe that is still true."

"We wish that for the rest of the country obviously."

"I think some of the other changes that I discussed was to make sure that the revenues that were raised, that a certain percentage of it goes back to the areas where in fact they were mined so that the..."

"Accordingly, we respectfully request that Congress act as expeditiously as possible to consider these proposals and to pass House Resolution 699."