"As in several months."
"I want to start by visiting about the coal lease sale moratorium."
"The manner in which this Administration has treated my state is absolutely deplorable."
"You are destroying my state's economy, and I am not exaggerating."
"I look forward to finding out how the Department of the Interior intends to respond to these challenges in a fiscally realistic way."
"A huge portion of the energy in this country comes from these areas managed by the Department of the Interior."
"We are unable to produce the wealth of this country in a way that can emphasize the importance of having clean, reliable, redundant energy."
"We are officially back in recession, with only four other states. And it is because, in large part I would argue, of the policies of the Department of the Interior."
"the policies of this Administration are absolutely geared toward killing coal, limiting oil and gas production on Federal lands, and diminishing the revenues available from those lands, which hurts my..."
"Obviously, the energy sector is facing huge challenges right now."
"Thank you, Chairman Bishop, for holding this hearing regarding the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior."