"States with disclosure requirements--including two with some of the more stringent requirements, Wyoming and Colorado--provide detailed approaches to protection of trade secrets relating to the fractu..."
"One emerging technology is oil shale, an industry which flourishes in countries like Jordan and Estonia."
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"Americans are desperate for new jobs, and blue-collar workers in our trades have been particularly hard hit by the economic downturn."
"These bills are designed to open lands to create opportunity, opportunity for Federal and local governments to receive revenues without having to borrow them."
"ANWR is the single greatest opportunity for new energy production on federal land and it was specifically set aside for energy production by President Carter and Congress in 1980."
"if you want to create good paying blue-collar jobs right now for people, I can give the oil industry my unequivocal endorsement."
"I would like to remind everyone that a company like GE, which made $14 billion in profits, paid zero income taxes last year."
"When you buy a gallon of gas at the pump, you pay a lot more in taxes than the oil company made in profit on that oil."
"I urge the committee members to unequivocally oppose the PIONEER Act and vote no on this legislation."
"I sincerely urge the committee to consider the dangers in rushing ahead with oil shale speculation and the serious cost that it could bring to western rural communities and local economies."
"I urge the committee to vote 'no' on the PIONEERS Act and allow the current BLM stakeholder process to move forward so that everyone has a voice in this incredibly important decision."