Gene Green actually said...

I strongly support increasing our domestic production of oil and natural gas, and I fought this battle for years.

It is important to have an effective government program, though, that ensures chemical facilities are protected from a terrorist attack.

We want everybody at the table, you know, about whether it be the industry, small or large, but also the employees involved there.

In June of this year, the House passed an appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security that cut funding for CFATS in half.