"I am particularly concerned about the overly cozy relationship between the industry and the Government."
"I do believe that we need to put into place a revolving door ban, and my own view, it ought to be a 2-year revolving door ban."
"unless there is a tough, enforceable ban on this revolving door, there is no way I am going to support this proposal next week when we vote."
"I want to see the revolving door restrictions written into the law."
"I want to see strict limits on MMS employees going to work for companies that he or she regulated."
"We must reform the process to ensure efficiency."
"To me, instead of going out and picking these winners and losers, you ought to target a variety of different types of electric vehicles."
"I think your bill will certainly promote that and we thank you for that."
"This is all about getting to scale production, and it seems to me we have just got to get more players into this."
"I very much support your agenda, Mr. Smith, and what you are talking about."
"It is long past time to drain the safety swamp that has become the Minerals Management Service."