"Mr. Chairman, in the course of this hearing I referenced an article in the Chicago Tribune dated June 6, 2012."
"EPA is the Environmental Protection Agency, not the Every Problem in America Agency."
"We would like to have had more, absolutely."
"I have to respond to my friend from Texas's remarks. I mean, there is no basis for his allegations or his request for inquiry to the White House, and I don't know what that is based on."
"this committee and the Congress should adopt the concurrent resolution, H.CON.RES.121 sponsored by Representative Bobby Rush and Fortenberry on April 27, 2012, calling for development of the Niger Del..."
"I view the expansion of the American marketplace to Africa as being not only an opportunity to help grow a middle class in Africa, but also to help expand and then strengthen a declining middle class ..."
"I support President Obama's All of the Above energy approach, which encompasses increased oil and gas production here in the U.S."
"There is nothing that Congress or the administration can do to address the way to reduce gas prices in the immediate future."
"We must strategically wean ourselves away from oil, from our oil reliance, especially in the transportation sector."
"Don't blame the EPA. Blame the oil companies."
"You are trying to insinuate--you are taking a brief three or four words out of total context what he was saying."
"I am sure that the President wasn't talking about all the coal plants. He was talking about the most egregious polluters."