"that is an ironic comment coming from a gentleman who lives in a landlocked desert State voting in this Committee just 2 days ago to authorize drilling for oil and gas in the ocean off the coastline of Massachusetts."
"If we are serious about reducing catastrophic wildfire, we first must admit that there is a link between climate change and wildfire."
"I have suggested that we rename it Denier Island, where those who question the science behind global warming can spend the summer cooling off."
"My bill also recognizes our constrained fiscal environment and gives the federal agencies additional authorities they desire to stretch the federal dollars further."
"If you think storms and drought conditions and catastrophic wildfires are just random freak events, then you are in deep, deep denial."
"I want to thank Congressman Bishop for holding this hearing today to consider legislation to combat wildfires."
"So the mercury, the sulphur, the carbon dioxide is sent up into the atmosphere after mountaintops are removed here in the United States."
"The free market is beating coal!"
"There is a war on coal in America. But this war is being waged by cheaper, cleaner sources of energy, not the Obama Administration."
"Continuing on this path is a death sentence for Appalachia."
"In the Appalachian region, 70 percent of the coal is exported from the United States, is exported from Appalachia, exported to other countries."