Doc Hastings actually said...

We need to recognize the significant role that minerals and metals play in our economy, and how important they are to the manufacturing jobs...

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...