Thomas McClintock actually said...

"This Administration has sharply reduced the acreage available for offshore leasing. It has increased the length of the regulatory process."

"But pardon me, but the oil companies make money by producing lots of oil. They produce lots of oil because they go out and look for it and they find it."

"I mean, can people honestly say that our Nation is more energy-independent today than it was four years ago? I think not."

"When this Administration took office, this industry was poised to produce more American energy than we had at any time in our past."