Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"I think that's good. I would just say to you that when the delays don't seem to have an end it causes a lot of nerve wracking."

"Their management is entrusted to the Federal Government."

"But I do think that to me the energy question is national security."

"Our Nation has abundant energy resources, a good portion of which are found on our onshore public lands and in the Outer Continental Shelf."