David Joyce actually said...

"I think it is very important."

"Our own energy crisis is not just about insecure oil supplies from the middle east, but about the cost it inflicts on hardworking Americans."

"I have long stated that our reliance on foreign energy, is a grave economic and national security concern for our country."

"The recent events in the Ukraine... have highlighted in stark relief the importance of reliable energy to our world's ability to defend the borders of sovereign nations."