I yield myself 30 additional seconds. We are talking Shell Oil who says it's 10 years away. Jim Inhofe in the Senate says the votes aren't there to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. So that's zero dollars as well. And the…

I thank the gentleman. So last year the oil industry made $137 billion in the United States. This year, of course, heading to $5 a gallon gasoline. They're tipping American drivers upside-down so fast that they'll probably make $200…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Chairman, just 2 weeks ago, President Obama stood right here in this Chamber; and he said that he was going to propose opening up 75 percent of the oil and gas resources off the coast of the…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining on either side? The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Yoder). The gentleman from Massachusetts has 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Nebraska has 1 minute remaining.

If the Republicans vote to allow the exportation of America's natural gas in their transportation bill, all they will be constructing is an expressway to higher prices for American families and businesses.

The Majority said their drilling bills were necessary to pay for transportation funding. Yet, the three bills reported out of this committee would generate less than 10 percent of the revenue shortfall for our transportation projects over…

The Republican Majority is threatening to raise taxes on the wind industry, which would jeopardize these projects and could kill 37,000 permanent and existing clean energy jobs.

Despite the claims of critics, the Obama Administration has been fostering both traditional oil and gas development, while moving us forward to a clean energy future.

The Majority rejected my amendments in this Committee to ensure that natural gas produced from public lands cannot be exported.

Could end the wind industry in the United States. That is absolutely, I think, frightening for the next generation of Americans.

It is always important for everyone on this committee, everyone in Congress, Democrat and Republican alike, to recognize that outdoor recreation and tourism is a huge part of our economies.