I just want to thank you for what you are doing, and what you said is so true.

I want to express also my deep appreciation and gratitude to the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, Nick Rahall, for working with me to move this important piece of legislation. I also would like to thank Chairman Grijalva and…

I cannot help but say that that would be a mistake, and it would be a big mistake in more than one way.

if we can prevent pollution from occurring and dangers to the public health, we certainly ought to do that because we have huge examples for many centuries in this country where we haven't prevented the pollution and we end up having to…

It is something being examined here in the context of this Congress in legislation that has been introduced on both sides.

I can't give you an exact time when we will be able to move forward with the policies, but we are working on it very hard.

I think that this Administration probably realizes that this is not a wise thing to do.

I am deeply concerned about it, and I want to see if we can change this and keep it going because it is in the best interest of the country historically but also economically.

The oil and gas reforms that you proposed earlier this year were among those that were very positive, and I and many others thank you for proposing them.

An awful lot of money has been spent here, an awful lot of things have been done, and this is something that is really significant.

We are introducing legislation that would require that process to come back.

I have deep concerns about some of the legacy policies put in place under the previous administration and which remain in effect today.