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>( CNN) Interior Sec. Deb Haaland squared off with lawmakers on Thursday at a contentious Senate hearing that addressed high gas prices, oil and gas drilling and delays in the department's plan to hold more drilling lease sales. Deb Haaland told the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that Deb Haaland agency plans to release a proposal for its next five-year plan for offshore oil and gas leasing by the end of June -- a timeline that would likely lead to a gap between the current plan and a new one.Sen. Joe Manchin and Republicans on the committee expressed concern that the Department of Interior appeared to be delaying holding more oil and gas lease sales just as gasoline prices are surging in the US. Gas prices are high. Oil CEOs reveal why theyre not drilling more. – The President	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There's not a dollar figure you can put on a loved one, she was willing to accept the case on these terms. Does that reflect the magnitude of her loss? No. But there's something to be said for resolution and avoiding lengthy, contentious litigation. – Attorney Andrew Lampros	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I am satisfied that this is the final resting place of one of the most important and contentious vessels in Australia’s maritime history. – Kevin Sumption	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
To find this level of agreement about someone on such a contentious issue as anti-Semitism is rare, and it's very rare to see that and it's rare to see people then say,' Well, we don't care what all these Jewish groups think,'. – Yair Rosenberg	Found on CNN 2 years ago
One of the more contentious Byrd rule discussions that I participated in circled around a provision in the Affordable Care Act where we actually had written legal style briefs of the sort that you might see in a U.S. Court of Appeals. – Rohit Kumar	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Even though Las Vegas couples now know( where) domestic horses first emerged, the whole process of their expansion around the world and their breeding history into the hundreds of different types that Las Vegas couples know today remains contentious, additionally, the horse was equally the animal of farmers, warriors and kings ; they were found in rural and urban contexts alike, and in extremely diverse environments, from the coldest Siberian range to the Nepalese mountains. Las Vegas couples want to track how these various contexts have reshaped the horse biology. – Ludovic Orlando	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It’s not that I was an angel the entire time, of course, I was there for years. You’re not an angel every single day at work, especially in such a high-level, contentious environment. I'm sure when this book comes out, ABC will have many things to say about things that I did, but I never told a woman who had just gotten back from maternity leave, on air, that I didn't miss her and think that it was hilarious. – Joy Behar	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The peopling of North America is one of those things that has been for many years very contentious and a lot of archeologists hold views with almost religious zeal, one of the problems is that there is very few data points. – Matthew Bennett	Found on CNN 2 years ago
My character is a father and a husband and he has a contentious relationship with his father. I think it's impossible for me to do these types of roles without diving into some of the turmoil of my own relationships in life, and I think this is a film about redemption and second chances and coming to grips with the fact that maybe you're a lot more like your father than you've ever realized. And finding grace and forgiveness for your father and yourself at the same time in those moments. – Chris Pratt	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
She has shown enormous discipline and internal cohesion, even with a slimmed-down majority, in what is always a raucous group of people and contentious group of people to begin with, so I guess there may very well be a time where we are going to have to deal with the subject. But that's not right now. – Gerry Connolly	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It is my intention to release you, Mr. Duggar, with a number of contentious conditions which the court is going to find to be the least restrictive conditions necessary to ensure the safety of the community, so I need you to listen up because we're in the room, and if you can't comply with any of them, then you're going to stay right where you are. OK. First, I agree with Mr. Gelfand that I haven't heard any evidence that you're a flight risk. I'm going to impose some conditions that's going to make traveling out of here pretty hard. – Judge Comstock	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Other than health care workers, others who will be first in line to get it will be people who do have chronic underlying medical conditions who are older, as well as communities of color who have been disproportionately impacted by this pandemic, now among those groups is where it starts to get a little bit more contentious. – Celine Gounder	Found on CNN 3 years ago
You always think I'm on this side of the aisle obviously and you always think your side wears the white hats, but people are really upset about this. And at the end of the day, I understand how contentious it is. We're going to follow the process, we follow the law. The results will be what they are. – David Perdue	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think in this contentious political environment, the most important message I think for my constituents is we need to make sure we hold the Senate majority so we can be a firewall against bad policies if Bernie Sanders gets elected. – John Cornyn	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Would we be here in the absence of U.S. sanctions law, and ... our response is no, in a typical case, double criminality is not contentious. This case, however, is founded on an allegation of breach of U.S. sanctions, sanctions which Canada has expressly repudiated. – Richard Peck	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This is a highly contentious debate right now, but this is probably one of the most robust pieces of evidence that should inform the review of World Health Organization guidelines and make the argument for lowering these standards, these health problems persist even if we have lower numbers. – Francesca Dominici	Found on CNN 4 years ago
At several points we walked out or threatened to walk out, it was contentious, but it was professional and adult. – James Kohm	Found on CNN 4 years ago
His bid isn't just bad news for residents, it's more proof that Democrats are about to endure the most crowded, divisive, and contentious primary in history. – Republican National Committee	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Before Pete Buttigieg wastes time on a presidential campaign, Pete Buttigieg should focus on Pete Buttigieg town's sea of potholes and sky-high crime rate, pete Buttigieg bid isn't just bad news for residents, it's more proof that Democrats are about to endure the most crowded, divisive, and contentious primary in history. – Michael Ahrens	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The Senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional, the Senate confirmation process is over. My focus now is to be the best justice I can be. – Brett Kavanaugh	Found on CNN 5 years ago
This seems to be a confused attempt to conflate the terrible California wildfires with our always contentious debates over water, part of what he said implied there wasn't enough water to fight the fires in California because of our water policies -- which is complete nonsense. There's plenty of water to fight the fires. We don't even use that much water to fight the fires, but there's plenty. Three of the state's largest bodies of water are very close to these fires. It's just ridiculous. – Peter Gleick	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Is Robert Mueller ever going to release Robert Mueller conflicts of interest with respect to President Donald Trump, including the fact that we had a very nasty contentious business relationship, I turned Robert Mueller down to head the FBI( one day before appointment as S.C.) Comey is his close friend. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I regret the fact that the chancellor's visit to Washington produced no palpable progress on the contentious issues between Germany and the United States. – Dieter Kempf	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
By announcing early, we are asking Mississippi Republicans to unite around my candidacy and avoid another contentious contest among GOP members that would only improve the Democrats’ chances of winning the open seat, if we unite the party and consolidate our resources, we can guarantee Donald Trump will have a fighter who will stand with him. – Chris McDaniel	Found on FOX News 6 years ago

>( CNN) Interior Sec. Deb Haaland squared off with lawmakers on Thursday at a contentious Senate hearing that addressed high gas prices, oil and gas drilling and delays in the department's plan to hold more drilling lease sales. Deb Haaland told the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that Deb Haaland agency plans to release a proposal for its next five-year plan for offshore oil and gas leasing by the end of June -- a timeline that would likely lead to a gap between the current plan and a new one.Sen. Joe Manchin and Republicans on the committee expressed concern that the Department of Interior appeared to be delaying holding more oil and gas lease sales just as gasoline prices are surging in the US. Gas prices are high. Oil CEOs reveal why theyre not drilling more.

– The President

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There's not a dollar figure you can put on a loved one, she was willing to accept the case on these terms. Does that reflect the magnitude of her loss? No. But there's something to be said for resolution and avoiding lengthy, contentious litigation.

– Attorney Andrew Lampros

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I am satisfied that this is the final resting place of one of the most important and contentious vessels in Australia’s maritime history.

– Kevin Sumption

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

To find this level of agreement about someone on such a contentious issue as anti-Semitism is rare, and it's very rare to see that and it's rare to see people then say,' Well, we don't care what all these Jewish groups think,'.

– Yair Rosenberg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

One of the more contentious Byrd rule discussions that I participated in circled around a provision in the Affordable Care Act where we actually had written legal style briefs of the sort that you might see in a U.S. Court of Appeals.

– Rohit Kumar

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Even though Las Vegas couples now know( where) domestic horses first emerged, the whole process of their expansion around the world and their breeding history into the hundreds of different types that Las Vegas couples know today remains contentious, additionally, the horse was equally the animal of farmers, warriors and kings ; they were found in rural and urban contexts alike, and in extremely diverse environments, from the coldest Siberian range to the Nepalese mountains. Las Vegas couples want to track how these various contexts have reshaped the horse biology.

– Ludovic Orlando

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s not that I was an angel the entire time, of course, I was there for years. You’re not an angel every single day at work, especially in such a high-level, contentious environment. I'm sure when this book comes out, ABC will have many things to say about things that I did, but I never told a woman who had just gotten back from maternity leave, on air, that I didn't miss her and think that it was hilarious.

– Joy Behar

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The peopling of North America is one of those things that has been for many years very contentious and a lot of archeologists hold views with almost religious zeal, one of the problems is that there is very few data points.

– Matthew Bennett

Found on CNN
2 years ago

My character is a father and a husband and he has a contentious relationship with his father. I think it's impossible for me to do these types of roles without diving into some of the turmoil of my own relationships in life, and I think this is a film about redemption and second chances and coming to grips with the fact that maybe you're a lot more like your father than you've ever realized. And finding grace and forgiveness for your father and yourself at the same time in those moments.

– Chris Pratt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

She has shown enormous discipline and internal cohesion, even with a slimmed-down majority, in what is always a raucous group of people and contentious group of people to begin with, so I guess there may very well be a time where we are going to have to deal with the subject. But that's not right now.

– Gerry Connolly

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is my intention to release you, Mr. Duggar, with a number of contentious conditions which the court is going to find to be the least restrictive conditions necessary to ensure the safety of the community, so I need you to listen up because we're in the room, and if you can't comply with any of them, then you're going to stay right where you are. OK. First, I agree with Mr. Gelfand that I haven't heard any evidence that you're a flight risk. I'm going to impose some conditions that's going to make traveling out of here pretty hard.

– Judge Comstock

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Other than health care workers, others who will be first in line to get it will be people who do have chronic underlying medical conditions who are older, as well as communities of color who have been disproportionately impacted by this pandemic, now among those groups is where it starts to get a little bit more contentious.

– Celine Gounder

Found on CNN
3 years ago

You always think I'm on this side of the aisle obviously and you always think your side wears the white hats, but people are really upset about this. And at the end of the day, I understand how contentious it is. We're going to follow the process, we follow the law. The results will be what they are.

– David Perdue

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think in this contentious political environment, the most important message I think for my constituents is we need to make sure we hold the Senate majority so we can be a firewall against bad policies if Bernie Sanders gets elected.

– John Cornyn

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Would we be here in the absence of U.S. sanctions law, and ... our response is no, in a typical case, double criminality is not contentious. This case, however, is founded on an allegation of breach of U.S. sanctions, sanctions which Canada has expressly repudiated.

– Richard Peck

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is a highly contentious debate right now, but this is probably one of the most robust pieces of evidence that should inform the review of World Health Organization guidelines and make the argument for lowering these standards, these health problems persist even if we have lower numbers.

– Francesca Dominici

Found on CNN
4 years ago

At several points we walked out or threatened to walk out, it was contentious, but it was professional and adult.

– James Kohm

Found on CNN
4 years ago

His bid isn't just bad news for residents, it's more proof that Democrats are about to endure the most crowded, divisive, and contentious primary in history.

– Republican National Committee

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Before Pete Buttigieg wastes time on a presidential campaign, Pete Buttigieg should focus on Pete Buttigieg town's sea of potholes and sky-high crime rate, pete Buttigieg bid isn't just bad news for residents, it's more proof that Democrats are about to endure the most crowded, divisive, and contentious primary in history.

– Michael Ahrens

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The Senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional, the Senate confirmation process is over. My focus now is to be the best justice I can be.

– Brett Kavanaugh

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This seems to be a confused attempt to conflate the terrible California wildfires with our always contentious debates over water, part of what he said implied there wasn't enough water to fight the fires in California because of our water policies -- which is complete nonsense. There's plenty of water to fight the fires. We don't even use that much water to fight the fires, but there's plenty. Three of the state's largest bodies of water are very close to these fires. It's just ridiculous.

– Peter Gleick

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Is Robert Mueller ever going to release Robert Mueller conflicts of interest with respect to President Donald Trump, including the fact that we had a very nasty contentious business relationship, I turned Robert Mueller down to head the FBI( one day before appointment as S.C.) Comey is his close friend.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I regret the fact that the chancellor's visit to Washington produced no palpable progress on the contentious issues between Germany and the United States.

– Dieter Kempf

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

By announcing early, we are asking Mississippi Republicans to unite around my candidacy and avoid another contentious contest among GOP members that would only improve the Democrats’ chances of winning the open seat, if we unite the party and consolidate our resources, we can guarantee Donald Trump will have a fighter who will stand with him.

– Chris McDaniel

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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