"if we do it for oil and gas, we ought to do it for wind, too."
"I can tell you, coming from Rhode Island, it is very real."
"We are talking about minerals that the American public owns that the oil and gas industry extracts and then sells back to us at inflated prices."
"the oil and gas industry is keeping hundreds of billions of dollars of profits for their own pockets."
"I am proud to have signed on as a cosponsor to Representative Titus and Representative Buck's Combatting Organized Retail Theft Act."
"We applaud Representative Titus as an original sponsor and Ranking Member Magaziner for his support of the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act (H.R. 895)."
"It is important that we get to the root of the problem of organized retail crime to keep people safe and lower costs for everyone across the country."
"I want to be clear what we are talking about here. We are not talking about ordinary shoplifting committed by individuals working alone."
"Many of us have heard from retailers concerned by organized retail crime, and so today's hearing is for us to explore the scope of the problem and determine best how to respond."
"I believe in your opening statements, our witnesses verified that assessment today."
"Racially- and ethnically-motivated violent extremists present the greatest terror threats to our country."