"it is a sad state of affairs when the 2-1/2-billion-acre Federal estate in this country, including offshore areas, is not open for energy production."
"I don't see that. If a company thinks that they have a possibility of getting a good rate of return and they are willing to invest their own private dollars, number one, I don't see that that puts the..."
"I mean, severely affecting and limiting above-ground mining is one thing. I mean, that alone would be potentially devastating to the production of coal and electricity as well as jobs in that area."
"increased regulations on an industry lead to regulatory uncertainty, which hinders businesses being able to expand and create jobs"
"I like the fact that you say this is shared and should continue from Administration to Administration and from year to year, but when I see a claim being made that this President is responsible for th..."
"Lamborn, Hon. Doug, a Representative in Congress from the State of Colorado."
"destroying coal mining will kill these one-industry towns, push tens of thousands of American families into poverty, and leave our Nation poorer"
"This is poor policy and poor management and, in the end, will only make America poorer."
"So has there been a second contractor who has come up with different numbers or you just don't believe what the first contractor came up with without any real evidence?"
"I think common sense would tell me, an old farm boy also from Kansas, that if you stop the production of coal mining because the rules for extracting it are more stringent, you are going to have less ..."
"And to be real specific, on the economic analysis will we also see what will be lost to States and the Federal Government, the loss of severance taxes, for instance, directly costing governments reven..."
"I particularly want to single out my friend and colleague from Colorado, Representative Tipton, for this Chimney Rock bill."