Jim Risch actually said...

"I think that that particular provision of the law that allows the small businesses to pool was a good idea, and I think we probably would have gotten the bipartisan support to actually pass that here."

"At the end of the day, I hope, Madam Chairman, that you and your party will join us as we attempt to go back to the fundamental principle of this and that is to do no harm."

"Only in Washington, D.C. would we think receiving 100 percent of nothing is better than receiving 62.5 percent of something."

"I urge the committee to look at this possibility as part of a larger offshore energy policy."