Mary Landrieu actually said...

The Lease Act fairly restores time lost as a result of the offshore moratoria by extending the impacted leases by 1 year.

There is a tremendous amount of money, Mr. Chairman, being invested by companies. There is oil and gas in the ground.

It is quite alarming that, to date, not one single new deepwater well permit for drilling in the Gulf has been issued.

If we don't start issuing permits more quickly for new drilling, if we don't start exploring in areas that really deserve to be explored, th...