"Thanks to fracking, the U.S. is now poised to surpass Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world's largest oil and gas producer in the next few years."
"U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are at their lowest level since 1994, and have dropped 12 percent since 2005."
"Production, not regulation, has led to a reduction in greenhouse gases, and market forces, not restrictions, quotas, or carbon trading schemes, have positioned the U.S. as a global leader in oil and g..."
"Mr. Grayson, your comment that if you know nothing, you can't say anything, very clearly, sir, you have never raised teenagers."
"Prediction is very difficult, especially if it is about the future."
"These models regularly overstate the actual temperature changes and have failed to predict the current 16 year absence of global warming."
"If you care about the poor and the disadvantaged among us, then you must be very careful as you consider some of the President's proposals to combat climate change."
"I am worried that his anticipated restrictions in industrial CO2 emissions may have no discernible impact on the climate, but will amount to a significant energy tax on the American people."
"These types of solutions may not be easy, but they are absolutely critical to ensure that we don't pass a terrible problem onto our children and grandchildren."
"I think the preponderance of it is, this is a Federal responsibility. It is a Governmental responsibility, and therefore, the Government is going to pay for that."
"I am adverse to the abuse of the Antiquities Act."
"Over 66 percent of the State of Utah is controlled by the Federal Government."