Do you believe that it makes any sense to say to our young men and women that we export into the Middle East to protect this supply of oil that we are not going to use the weapon we have here in the United States--the Strategic Petroleum…

So we need the SPR and we need the administration to have the authority to be able to crack down on the speculation, make sure there is more transparency and no game-playing.

There is no question that the Obama administration is totally focused on transforming the energy delivery system in America.

I have never, ever seen an administration go after one industry the way this administration is going after the coal industry.

it looks like EPA is setting the energy policy for America.

I think just about everyone agrees that America's air quality is among the best in the world.

The reasons given for that are, number one, to make the air quality even cleaner; and number two, Ms. Jackson and others frequently talk about regulations create more jobs.

this administration is totally moving to... provide all sorts of grants and loan guarantees to technologies, many of which have not proven to be able to deliver.

I don't think they are giving adequate consideration to the consequences of that.

I am disturbed that I think EPA misled the American people on Utility MACT because all they ever talked about...

And all of the analysis, all of the data indicates that there is insignificant benefit from mercury reduction.