"No, ma'am, I do not."
"Who is benefiting instead?"
"What I have been reading is that the United States is producing more oil than ever before."
"Today, just 2 days ahead of a government shutdown with nobody but House Republicans to blame, we are here to discuss two bills: H.R. 5616 and H.R. 1121, both extreme and misguided giveaways to the fos..."
"It is a telling reflection of my colleagues' priorities that they would rather debate the merits of Big Oil giveaways that will, without a doubt, harm our communities than address the critical need to..."
"In less than 60 hours, funding for disaster response and recovery, nutrition assistance programs, and small business loans could all run out, along with many other programs our constituents rely on."
"And as a result of these two bills we are hearing today, there will be no clean water for you."
"with or without a government shutdown, I am coming to your town, and I am bringing folks with me because we want to see it with our own eyes."
"all NEPA analysis is waived for the four new lease sales that would be required in this bill."
"H.R. 5616 waives judicial review so no one can sue to stop a lease sale, even if it is done illegally."
"We have an obligation to rectify that, along with making sure that Deepwater doesn't happen again to anyone else."
"The oil companies are going to ruin our water. If they ruin the water out here, there won't be anyone left."