Roy Blunt actually said...

"$12.2 billion. And you are asking for the 2010 level."

"Unfortunately, the DOI like the rest of the administration is avoiding the necessary cuts that we all need to be making to address our skyrocketing debt."

"These lands need to be managed in a way that provides the greatest benefit to the public--and what could be more beneficial than using them to provide low-cost, reliable and plentiful energy to this N..."

"This one-two punch--a reliance on foreign oil and an administration with little concern for expanding exploration--puts us in an extremely vulnerable situation."