Doc Hastings actually said...

U.S. energy production is vital to creating jobs, strengthening our national security and generating new Federal revenue.

Hastings emphasizes the importance of U.S. energy production for jobs and national security.

11/15/2011

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A wilderness area is the most restrictive land use designation that Congress, and only Congress, can apply to our nation's lands.

It takes an Act of Congress to create a wilderness area, and it requires an Act of Congress to fix or make necessary modest adjustments to a...

It is Congress, and only Congress, that has the authority to designate lands as wilderness.

Thirteen, and I am sorry, I thought it was 70,000, but 13 out of 55,000 is still a pretty darn small number.