12/07/2015
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"To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination."
"Petroleum from the Bakken region recently passed 1 million barrels per day, which accounts for approximately 12% of total domestic production."
"Today, the Energy and Oversight Subcommittees will inquire about the characteristics and behavior of petroleum produced from the Bakken region."
"I look forward to further discussion and again thank today's witnesses for participating in today's hearing."