"And so we ought to be not only having hearings but also passing legislation as we have in the House passed over 30 bills to remove some of these regulations that you have been sharing with us."
"the fact that over a 3-year period you feel you can get 2 billion in savings says there is tremendous waste, fraud, and abuse"
"Canada had been trying to get this project done for over 3 years."
"He has had 40 months. It doesn't take 40 months to review a project like this."
"I think what irritates me, what irritates a lot of people that are concerned about the economy, getting the economy back on track and creating jobs is that the President made a political decision to t..."
"If Bob Dole goes and gets John Smith's name because he wants to take advantage of that person, that still exists today."
"The RESTORE Act will ensure that the lion's share of the future Clean Water Act fines assessed on the responsible parties will be dedicated to the Gulf Coast States that were directly impacted by last..."
"I do also want to correct the record. Louisiana won't even start getting revenue sharing until 2017 on offshore drilling, and it will be far below the 50 percent that was mentioned."
"It is essential that Congress work to ensure that responsible party, not the taxpayer... will foot the bill for this disaster and the cleanup."
"The RESTORE Act fixes the imbalance by creating a way to rebuild local and State economies that took such a tremendous hit from the oil spill."
"The RESTORE Act is about restoring the gulf coast from the devastating--and I mean devastating--effects of the Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010."