Rob Bishop actually said...

"Quit making dippy rules, and you won't have to show up here at all, it is no problem."

"Some states, like my state, which I think had been doing an excellent job in ensuring protection of the environment with hydraulic fracturing, basically felt insulted by that concept."

"It seems to us as if we are almost being inundated with things that are in-your-face saying, 'Screw you, we are not going to give you the material that you want.'"

"When you are dealing with public health and safety, you shouldn't have to wait for the Deepwater Horizon-like disaster to happen before implementing prudent precautionary regulations."