Jon Tester: “There's just some places, Mr. Chairman, in this country that we shouldn't develop, and one of those is on the west edge…”

If that was possible it would already be done.

I think it's really important for food security. The folks -- this is a ban against China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, folks who don't want to see us exist anymore as a nation.

This has been a rubber stamp Congress so far.

I think we need to take these things seriously. I think the president and I think, more importantly, the military are taking it very, very seriously.