Mike Lee actually said...

"If it is not manageable risk, then perhaps we should not be putting taxpayer dollars at risk."

"the government should even be playing venture capitalists with taxpayer money in the first place."

"We have to continue to have a source of them, and that means we need to continue a robust policy of aggressive exploration and production of petroleum and natural gas."

"There is a real problem here, and I do not think you are going to win the perception war on this."