John Fleming actually said...

We do not have any privately operated wells that have been abandoned or currently don't have a sponsor for dismantlement, repair, and restor...

So it just seems to me that we are only adding just yet another layer of regulatory bureaucracy to the one that we already have.

So the statement that, 'I am from the Federal Government, I am here to help you' may not apply always in the case of Alaska.

Today the subcommittee will examine the Fish and Wildlife Service's recent efforts to further regulate oil and gas activities within the Nat...