Thomas McClintock actually said...

"Record unemployment, record increases in energy prices. Why don't you develop the vast reserves we have?"

"We have been embarking upon a policy of prohibiting development of our energy reserves to the point where they have become scarce."

"How do we lessen our dependence on foreign oil by prohibiting the development of our domestic supplies?"

"I would like to just test out a theory that I have evolved over the last few years since I arrived here at the Congress."