John W. Peterson: “Fear can be overcome with facts. And hopefully down the road here we will get the facts. At this time I yield 2 minutes…”

Well, we're so far behind the curve right now, we were talking to Minerals and Mines Management today. Many of our rigs went to Russia to drill because there's so much more activity there. The big owners go where the action is, and they're…

I think there is more to it than that, though. It is local leadership that is part of it, because local leaders had to recognize the program could assist them, and they reached out and adopted it. Many states still haven't.

If the Democrats win this debate and we don't produce energy--if we use these old statements of 68 million acres and 80 something percent is leased, that is not factual; 2.5 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf is leased, the good spots…

Folks, if we're serious about cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, we can get affordable energy for America by producing offshore. Every country in the world produces here. We're the only country that doesn't, and we can have $20 billion, which…