Pat Ryan actually said...

"I will be offering an amendment on the floor in a while to implement what the administration called for, closing some of these tax benefits to the oil industry."

"My plan does not reduce. It just slows the rate of growth. These benefits continue increasing year after year after year throughout the century."

"a plan beats no plan."

"I think you guys have done--with a horrible economic situation over the past couple of years--have done a pretty good job."