"I want to be clear, I agree with you. There is nothing we want to do that we want to increase the threat to the health and the ecological productivity of the Gulf of Mexico."
"Higher prices, more dependence upon unfriendly countries, higher emissions. All day long, it makes no sense at all."
"I just continue to be a little bit baffled by what we are seeing with energy policy right now."
"I am just irked. It is so removed from the reality of people trying to make a living on the land."
"Decreasing supply of oil and gas production in the United States doesn't do a damn thing for demand."
"Despite the efforts and the description of what is happening, and the impetus, the justification for changes in energy policy, we have seen emissions go up under the Biden administration, whereas they..."
"Have these policies promoted or advanced America's energy security? The answer is no."
"If you compared what has been leased under the Biden administration, for example, to the Reagan administration, you had 357 times, 357 times, the acreage for energy production leased under the Ronald ..."
"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."
"We have the resource base, we have the demand surging, moving forward, and we need to provide reliable, affordable supplies of energy to the American consumer."
"I don't think I have ever heard anyone in my life say, 'Please bring back the Jimmy Carter energy policy,' ever."