Steven Daines actually said...

"I am writing to express ConocoPhillips' support for H.R. 2259, the North Fork Watershed Protection Act of 2013."

"If you are selling to the Federal Government, it is a very special time, because it is--you either spend your budget or you lose it."

"Is there any hope, as a taxpayer--and we are all taxpayers--that somehow there would be incentives put in place that would reward our public servants for underspending their budgets?"

"We should be incentivizing programs and agencies to find ways to save money and, as we would do in the private sector..."