Pete Sessions: “Reclaiming my time, it does help us. I thank the gentleman. Let us keep going on the second part of the question, which…”

“Reclaiming my time, it does help us. I thank the gentleman. Let us keep going on the second part of the question, which was: Can President Obama just get any bit of credit, just any bit, just a small measure? Well, I would respond to the gentleman: yes, but when he earns it. The President has made it known from the very beginning that he opposed energy policy that the free market tried to produce. Take this example: even though he was at the groundbreaking for the Keystone pipeline, he has been incapable of making a decision for 6 years on something that multiple people, including at least two former Presidents and lots of other people, said it makes a lot of sense to do. Also, the facts of the case are the Congressional Research Service reported that domestic natural gas production has risen by 19 percent since 2009 but decreased by 28 percent on Federal lands. {time} 1515 So, the idea that the President has tried to help this while reducing it by almost a third from Federal lands, the evidence is just not there to give him credit. I know that there are people who want to get credit for things even though they didn't do things, even though they didn't complete the task that was in front of them, making decisions, making wise decisions, showing the American people what you stand for. I would do this for the gentleman and help him out, but the administration clearly has been on simply the other side of that issue and that ball. Mr.…”