"Isn't it a self-fulfilling prophesy that if you issue rules that nobody could meet that we won't have electricity generation by coal?"
"How is taking coal out of our energy mix consistent with the All of the Above energy strategy?"
"This administration promised before the election that they were going to bankrupt coal."
"The amount of red tape and the studies and reviews that have to be gone through to be able to move forward on Federal land are not comparable to States."
"You noted there is broad agreement among energy experts and economists that increasing domestic oil production will have no noticeable impact on U.S. gas prices for the foreseeable future."
"So essentially it is saying you can't go do the one thing that will work until you go do the thing that won't work, which doesn't make any sense to me."
"the legislation that is before us, the Strategic Energy Production Act, doesn't tie the hands of the President whatsoever in order to access or release energy from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve."
"the conversations we have had all point to the release of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve causing prices to go down 4 cents a gallon for, you know, a maximum amount of time of a week or so."
"why don't we have a long-term supply policy of increasing domestic production so that we can actually reduce the price long term instead of just for a week or so."
"Hon. John Shimkus, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement."
"I for one would like to see more Canadian oil flowing into America."
"The benefits in terms of additional secure oil and thousands of jobs is simply too important for us to give up on."