"Conservative groups across the county have said national security demands that we do this."
"I don't think any private concern is going to be able to do that without kind of a quasi public-private."
"We are moving forward with holding annual lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska."
"In order to do that, we have to be more certain of what we can do in this country and less dependent on the foreign oil that I think they are holding us hostage with."
"The President announced that we would be holding 3 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico by June 30th of next year."
"I think that would be very bad public policy."
"We believe that with flexibility... we could reduce lease terms and, therefore, incentivize a more rapid development of oil and gas."
"We learned nothing. We have no energy policy. We are still more dependent than ever."
"The President voiced his support for a lease extension with respect to Gulf of Mexico wells that were directly impacted by the events of the Deepwater Horizon last year."
"Again, the frustration that Senator Landrieu had is that, basically, we are just concerned about our dependency on foreign oil."
"Until we have an energy policy that uses the energy that we can produce, that has more certainty and more dependability within this Nation or this continent, we are going to continue to go down this f..."