Garret Graves actually said...

I want to thank you all for being here today. I want to make sure I understand the background or impetus for this hearing and the legislativ...

I represent the state of Louisiana, where we produce 80 to 90 percent of all the offshore energy in Federal waters in the United States.

We have lost 2,000 square miles of our coast--2,000 square miles.

If this is an unsustainable area, why are we proposing that dollars be extracted from this area and sent to other places?