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."