Jack Reed actually said...

I would urge you again to expedite--Secretary Salazar has committed to expedite this draft environmental assessment.

Even though our budget was based upon an assumption that an increase of royalties would go to 18.75 percent for both oil and natural gas, le...

Let me just say right up front. It is quite--it is a lot cheaper to drill on private land than it is on public lands.

We want to encourage the development of offshore wind, and so we want to keep our auction process as simple as possible.