"This legislation has not been formally introduced."
"It is the intention of this Subcommittee to take full account of what we learn from our witnesses today."
"Drafting an organic Act is part of Congress's solemn duty to provide oversight of federal operations."
"Thank you all for your service to our country, and my question has to do with nuclear modernization."
"Today the Subcommittee is meeting to review the future of oil and gas development on Federal lands in light of Administration proposals to enact complete bans on horizontal drilling on Federal lands."
"This plan as proposed by the Administration would essentially close the entire resource to energy development, eliminate a key priority in the multiple-use mission of Forest Service lands, and further..."
"Americans are desperate for new jobs, and today's jobs report says that our economy continues to struggle with only 18,000 new jobs created in June."
"The Forest Service, as a custodian of our lands, has an obligation to work with a multiple-use mission to serve the people of Virginia and the United States by promoting the conservation of our resour..."
"Make no mistake: our affordable and predictable natural gas prices are a direct result of our ability to produce it though horizontal drilling and hydro fracturing."
"Thank you all for being here, and I especially want to welcome the witness from Colorado."
"Some in Congress or in the Administration who profess to be on the side of the working man turn around and support energy policies of this Administration which put men and women out of work in the Gul..."
"Just because you have invested in a lease doesn't even mean that oil or natural gas may be found there."