"Exxon's profits last quarter of last year was the largest quarterly profit for any earthly entity in the history of the world, $9.25 billion, up 53 percent in one year."
"I mean, that is just supply and demand; no speculation involved, no manipulation involved, nothing."
"We can sit here and pretend that if we let out some more leases that somehow this is going to help."
"I am proud to say that the State of Pennsylvania has been doing that on the Keystone line, and it has been very successful."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"So you can tell me that, should we approve this, you fully expect it will bring efficiencies that will get more money on the ground, more jobs created, more work done toward those goals."
"I am all for dispensing with unnecessary bureaucracy but still will have concerns here."
"This is not the time for us to be able to stop Secure Rural Schools. I believe that there has never been a greater need with our counties than right now with the challenges that they face."
"How about a public meeting where the three agencies could discuss where they believe this is going? Again, I am having tremendous confusion on both sides of this debate, and this is a very polarizing ..."
"I opposed it at the time. I was right. I said, it is not going to resolve the issues. It is going to lead to gridlock. It did."
"I want to thank you for the individual attention that you have put into trying to help break that deadlock"
"if we break this gridlock there will be revenue for the government, revenue for my counties, there will be jobs, we will have healthier forests."