Political Quotes

“The State of Wyoming has deep concerns at the haste with which Congress is attempting to legislate new oil and gas regulatory processes under H.R. 5626. Provisions which have been added to this bill would affect onshore leasing and energy production and rob the States of their traditional role of overseeing energy production within the States. I urge you to delay action until more definitive information can be obtained and provided to Members of Congress. Based on the hearings and focus that Congress to date has brought to bear on the tragedy in the Gulf, an expansion of the intended reach of any legislation to respond to this offshore spill and precipitously cover onshore energy production would be a mistake. The implications of the bill's encroachment to onshore energy leasing and production are ominous as it represents a takeover of state regulation of well construction and permitting and gives it to the Federal government at the expense of long-established State authority.”