John Fleming actually said...

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

the Service must not establish unreasonable new fees that would have the effect of denying access to non-Federal minerals legally owned by l...

horizontal drilling from private lands to access oil and gas under a refuge should not fall under the Service's jurisdiction.

it is essential that the Service make it crystal clear that it will honor the private property rights of subsurface mineral owners.