"the vast majority of Members on the East Coast absolutely, unequivocally, oppose this"
"Regarding seismic in the Atlantic; some of the estimates of 130,000 deaths of whales and dolphins as well as a 78 percent decline in marine fish why were the [Atlantic] applications rejected?"
"we are dealing with a giant tourism, fishing economy on the East Coast, one that would make any small economic benefit of trying to open this up for oil drilling be very short-sighted"
"Yet, we still suffered from this tragic Deepwater Horizon disaster that cost us billions and billions of dollars."
"My concern continues to be that we are propping up states that are addicted to oil jobs that have not diversified their economies like Florida has."
"There was a time in our country when we embraced the future, like solar and wind and hydro-electric, bio-fuels and nuclear."
"I would strongly encourage you all to consider a pilot program to help with that replanting, since we are down 70 percent in production."
"I want to applaud you, Governor, for your success in negotiating to avoid job cuts."
"I believe we cannot get there through austerity alone."
"I think the solution lies in the success of the Puerto Rican people, not austerity alone."
"PROMESA addressed the debt process, but it failed to address any economic stimulus."