Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk, No. 67. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 20, strike ``and gas''. Page 3, strike lines 1 through 5, and insert the following: ``(2) Limitation.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall not provide for a total increase in the percentage of Federal lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil production-- ``(A) in excess of 10 percent; and ``(B) unless the Secretary determines that-- ``(i) the amount of oil that the Secretary intends to draw down from the Reserve in the first and subsequent drawdowns described in paragraph (1) is greater than the amount of oil produced in the United States that is reasonably expected to be exported from the United States during the 6 month period following the date of the intended drawdown; ``(ii) the expected exports of oil produced in the United States during the 6 month period described in clause (i) cannot be curtailed by an amount that is greater than the quantity of oil planned to be released from the Reserve; and ``(iii) the curtailment of exports of oil by an amount that is greater than the quantity of oil planned to be released from the Reserve would not have a comparable or greater effect than the planned drawdown of the Reserve in-- ``(I) ensuring the energy security of the United States; ``(II) maintaining the stability of the price in the United States of petroleum products, including gasoline and diesel…”