Jeff Duncan actually said...

"I would rather pull the plug and not make the risk of an investment than to expend U.S. taxpayer dollars on a failing enterprise that has to be demolished."

"The easiest thing in the world is to spend other people's money, and unfortunately, we have seen over and over and over and over again that there apparently are no fiscal conservatives at the Pentagon..."

"We look forward to working with you to ensure that exploration and production of our natural resources continues to move America to energy security in the 21st Century."

"We cannot afford to pass up this pivotal opportunity to expand safe and responsible OCS energy development."