Mike Simpson actually said...

"I think it would be good because these two are intimately intertwined in what we do."

"We in Congress need to make sure also that we, between our subcommittees, are working together."

"Somehow we must find a way to overcome the legal and regulatory roadblocks that are consistently thrown up in the path leading to our domestic energy independence."

"If we could replace the desire to litigate with the desire to collaborate, there is no limit to the challenges we could overcome."