Roy Blunt actually said...

"I agree with you that our conventional resources have to continue to be an important part of what we are doing for a long time."

"Just because you have given a leased area does not mean you have approved specific individual actions, does it?"

"I will continue to be concerned, though, as I know you are, about maintaining what we have."

"I am concerned with the fact that the DOI is using taxpayer dollars to hamper energy exploration."