"the RESTORE Act was a big win, dedicating 80 percent of the Clean Water Act's civil penalties paid by the responsible parties to restoration and rebuilding."
"I want to stress the importance of refraining from nickel and diming these funds."
"I am frustrated all too often by discussions here on the subject in Washington."
"Treasury should resolve this issue before issuing the final regs."
"I hope we have a rigorous, nuance discussion about the facts and specifically where they lead us."
"Current global warming policies make energy much more costly."
"As you know, no one felt the effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster more than the citizens of Louisiana."
"As a leading Republican conferee on the highway bill, I continued to make the enactment, the full, final passage and enactment of the RESTORE Act an absolutely top priority."
"I also think it is useful to know a domestic, a U.S., we are representing U.S. citizens, a U.S. cost benefit analysis."
"Are those mistakes elsewhere in State plans?"
"I just want to note that factored into the EPA's Louisiana plan are just facts that aren't there, capacity that isn't there, that isn't operating."