John Dingell actually said...

"I am afraid that this bill will take a long established and reasonable effective regulatory process, turn it upside down, to the great detriment to all of those in the industry."

"It is my fear that this bill is one of such proposals that is going to cause us a lot of future difficulties."

"We have to re-appreciate that, that when there wasn't any daylight--any daylight between any of us in the Congress, bicameral, bipartisan, and in the executive branch, that that is a powerful message ..."

"The ESA could likely not garner a simple majority vote in today's Congress."