01/31/2012
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"There is a tremendous amount of money, Mr. Chairman, being invested by companies. There is oil and gas in the ground."
"The Lease Act fairly restores time lost as a result of the offshore moratoria by extending the impacted leases by 1 year."
"It used to be, basically, you submitted your permit and within 30 or 60 days, you got a yes or a no."
"We may be at high levels today, but we are not going up. We are going down."