"Is the cost benefit analysis also subjected to public comment in the rulemaking process?"
"Can you give me an example, historically, where you have had a comment challenging a cost benefit analysis?"
"In the public comment period the idea is to get comments from the public."
"So what you are saying is that you go through the public comment process, but the public comment really doesn't make its way into the final rule."
"I mean it is hard for me to believe that you are protecting the interests by redacting every single word there."
"If you made a request of Congress for information, and you got back a document like this with everything redacted, would that satisfy you?"
"I appreciate your insights on how to best manage red snapper. It sounds like there is at least a majority of opinion that putting more power back in the hands of the States... is a more powerful way t..."
"More big government is probably not the best way to go about that. I am not sure that Washington knows all. In fact, I know that it doesn't know all."
"The Obama plan put forward the lowest number of lease sales since the Carter Administration."
"The time to be bold is now, and I applaud the Chairman's legislation."
"I now recognize the Ranking Member, the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Holt, for his opening statement."
"the President's plan is unacceptable and it requires him to put a new offshore leasing plan in place by 2015."