Peter DeFazio actually said...

"this is absolutely the height of hypocrisy, the fact that we're here today trying to figure out why the parks are closed because of a government shutdown"

"the longer this goes on, the more severe the impacts will be."

"the real war on mining and jobs is currently being waged by the House Republican Majority through their misguided shutdown of the entire Federal Government."

"If the EPA were here, they'd be able to directly refute the dual implications of this hearing: that they are somehow opposed to mining jobs, and that mining jobs are disappearing."