Rob Bishop actually said...

"While production in the Gulf has remained relatively stagnant over the past several years, skyrocketing oil and natural gas production on state and private lands has propelled the United States to sur..."

"Many examples demonstrate how the Interior Department has been dead wrong in their so-called 'management' of Federal lands."

"Energy production in the Gulf of Mexico is an energy lifeline for our Nation--today providing 17 percent of our domestic crude and 5 percent of our natural gas."

"To date, the EPA has not asked the [Fish and Wildlife Service] to engage in section 7 consultation on the proposed [new source performance standard] rule."