"But I have, in my experience, every time the government gets involved in it they seem to make it a lot worse."
"We do a pretty good job regulating ourselves. And we haven't had one incident or anybody in the country that we can show that has contaminated any water."
"I have said this over and over again that our biggest threat anymore to our companies are Federal Government trying to comply and still be profitable."
"There is a fine line between a 7 percent profit margin and being able to reinvest in your company, and 6 percent profit margin when you just try to maintain your equipment."
"I introduced a bill, H.R. 1097, that would ensure the on-duty times not included on--not include waiting times and natural gas and oil sites for operators of commercial vehicles transporting supplies ..."
"I almost crack up all the time when I hear agencies saying we had a comment period, a comment period, a comment period."
"For you to make suggestions is saying that every party that graduates from a college with a business degree is going to be successful in business."
"One size doesn't fit all. If we can allow the States to sit back and do their job--now, if the States aren't taking care of it, fine."
"I find it pretty interesting that the gentleman who is thinking out of the box gets hit on the most."
"It is absurd to me that the EPA is going to start coming on our land trying to tell us how to take care of stuff we have been doing for years."
"Something needs to be checked in on this panel. I really hope this doesn't have to do with an agenda."
"I think you will find out that in T&I we have an interest, and we can usually agree that we truly want to get the problems fixed."