Doc Hastings actually said...

Unfortunately, due to restrictions kept in place by this Congress for nearly a generation, most of the development in the U.S. has been rest...

I hope that today we can here from the representatives before us about what they believe are the resources available in the OCS.

These resources are a significant source of American energy development, and a tremendous opportunity to help free us from foreign and impor...

America is too dependent on foreign nations for energy supplies.