Garret Graves actually said...

If you are not an absentee owner, you are there day to day, operations of what happens on that land.

It is no secret that just a few years ago, the United States was effectively energy independent and well on our path toward energy dominance...

I am just irked. It is so removed from the reality of people trying to make a living on the land.

I would rather if you didn't say 'continue to' because I feel like it hasn't been dealt with the urgency that it needs to be dealt with.