Kevin Hern actually said...

"As someone who understands the negative effect my colleagues' actions would cause on an American industry, I cannot support their initiatives."

"But today is just another unfortunate episode in the relentless attack by my Democrat friends in the war on fossil fuels and the American energy sector."

"I think it is being very clear that every step of the way my colleagues across the aisle have been trying to curtail the successes that we have seen in the fossil fuel industry."

"They would rather fuel the extremely litigious, anti-energy lobby and outsource regulatory requirements to a Board funded by their friends."