Robert Menendez actually said...

"If oil and gas companies are not using the leases they have now, I'd like to know why they need more leases in environmentally and economically sensitive areas."

"We support Senator Menendez's amendments and provide specific comments below."

"You have got to quantify this risk. You have to tell us what is the level of the systemic risk."

"I mean, how can you keep coming back and asking for monies in which you cannot quantify for us the systemic risk and the assets here?"