John Hoeven actually said...

"The point being if we are allowed to compete in the global economy we will have a more robust oil and gas industry in this country than we will have if we are not allowed to compete."

"So my question to you is if somebody is going to follow all the laws, follow all the regulations and invest millions of dollars and still wait seven years for a siting decision..."

"Wouldn't you favor certainty in terms of trying to get investors in companies to make the decisions to invest in energy infrastructure?"

"So why wouldn't we want to do that and in fact make ourselves less dependent on the SPR by having a more robust industry?"