Frank Pallone actually said...

It is foolish to rush to open new areas to offshore drilling before we have heeded the lessons of the last disaster.

Pallone warns against premature offshore drilling without learning from past disasters.

01/09/2014

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the need for a strong, robust EPA is outstandingly clear, and massive budget and workforce cuts... are not the answer.

It was essentially stopped by the Republican Congress, but not to say that they are totally to blame.

opening statement

It expired. And I begged him and Democrats begged him at the time to renew, and he refused.