"We can do so much more with good environmental stewardship."
"We are number one in the country in land reclamation. We are number one in terms of how we handle the water."
"It has to be a workable regulation."
"We want to do it safely and well. We want good transparency."
"Are you willing to have either you, Mr. Secretary, or your designee come out to my State and actually take a look on the ground at the situation and talk to some of our companies before you proceed?"
"That is the kind of thing that does not work for business."
"Cost-benefit needs to be part of it."
"I believe that this is a rule that you are developing and implementing as a result of some conditions in the Appalachian region of the country."
"Does this new performance standard that you're proposing apply to new plants, only new plants, or does it also apply to existing plants?"
"I feel we need to impose those sanctions as aggressively as we can."
"I appreciate your efforts. And again, I certainly want to do anything I can do to help, but certainly we want to do everything we can to see that our workers, our Americans, get home safe and sound."